Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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tle sister. She didn’t do any of those things.
Don’t dis my ride! It’s only temporary.

dis(s) (on someone)[“dIs...] in. to belit-
tle [someone]; to show disrespect [for
someone]. (From disrespect.) Gary is
such a complainer. All he does is diss. 
Please stop dissing on me.


ditch 1. tv. to dispose of someone or some-
thing; to abandon someone or some-
thing. The crooks ditched the car and
continued on foot. The f lyboy ditched
the plane in the lake and waded ashore. 2.
tv. & in. to skip or evade someone or
something. Pete ditched class today. 
If you ditch too often, they’ll throw you out
of the organization.


dither[“dID#] n. a state of confusion. (See
also in a dither.) A dither like that is
hard to break out of. Maybe a good night’s
sleep would help. I’m too far gone with
this dither to sleep.


ditsyGo to ditzy.


ditz and ditzo[dIts(o)] n. a giddy, absent-
minded person. You silly ditz! I’m
getting to be such a ditz! Who is the
ditzo on the phone? Another wrong num-
ber?


ditzoGo to ditz.


ditzy and ditsy[“dItsi] mod. giddy; un-
aware; flighty. You are such a ditzy geek!
Betty has been acting a little ditsy lately.
What’s wrong?


diven. a low drinking establishment; a
cheap saloon. I don’t think I want to
spend the whole evening in this dive. 
Hey, this dive ain’t bad.


dive a mufftv. to perform oral sex on a
woman. (Usually objectionable.) To d
likes to dive a muff every now and then.


divot[“dIv@t] n. a toupee; a partial toupee.
(See also rug.) I think that Sam is wear-
ing a little divot. His divot slipped, but
no one laughed.


divvy[“dIvi] n. a share of something. (See
also divvy something up.) How much
is my divvy? Give me my divvy so I can
go home.


divvy something uptv. to divide some-
thing up. We had to divvy my aunt’s
things up after her death. TThey divvied
up the fish and drove back to the city.
dizzymod. stupid; scatterbrained. The
prof is a little dizzy, but entertaining. 
Who is that dizzy dame?
DJGo to disk jockey.
DLGo to thedown low.
DNK[dINk] did not keep (a medical ap-
pointment). (Medical.) Why did you
write DNK next to the patient’s name? 
When that DNK calls for another ap-
pointment, make sure she knows when
it is.
DOA 1. mod. dead on arrival. (Hospitals.
Initialism.) The kid was DOA, and
there was nothing anybody could do. Do
you want to end up DOA? 2. n. a person
who is dead on arrival at a hospital. 
They brought in two DOAs Saturday
night. Drugs increase the number of
DOAs considerably. 3. n. phencyclidine
(PCP). (Because it is deadly.) Stay
away from DOA. There’s a good reason
why it’s called that. The kids use DOA
no matter what.
do 1. n. a party; a social event. We had
a smashing time at your little do. I’m
having a do for a friend this weekend.
Would you like to come? 2. tv. & in. to use
a drug or drugs in general. (See also do
a line; do drugs.) Is Tracy doing dust
again? Tracy never stopped doing. She
just switched from dust to splash. 3. and
doon. a hairdo. Nice do. Is it new? 
I can’t go out in this rain and get my doo
wet! 4. Go to (must) do. 5. in. to serve
(a purpose) well. (Usually with will or
won’t.) This will do quite nicely. Oh,
yes, this will do. That won’t do at all!


  1. Go to doo-doo. 7. tv. to copulate
    [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.)
    He did Martha, then he did Sue, then
    he did Gloria.
    do a dump on someone or something
    and dump all over someone or some-
    thing; dump on someone or some-
    thingtv. to criticize someone or some-
    thing; to destroy someone or something.


do a dump on someone or something
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