Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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dubyGo to doobie.


dubya-dubya-dubyaGo to dub-dub-dub.


ducats and duc-ducs [“d@k@ts and
“d@kd@ks] n. money. (See also gold.) 
Who’s got enough ducats to pay for the
tickets? I’ve got duc-ducs galore!


duc-ducsGo to ducats.


duck 1. n. a male urinal bedpan. (Hospi-
tals.) Somebody in room 212 needs a
duck. 2. tv. to avoid someone or some-
thing. Clare is ducking her responsibil-
ity. 3. Go to deduck. 4. n. a ticket. (Prob-
ably akin to ducats.) Did you buy the
ducks early, or do we have to stand in line?


duck-butt 1. n. a very large pair of but-
tocks. What an enormous duck-butt! 2.
and dusty buttn. n. a short person, es-
pecially someone with large buttocks.
(Rude and derogatory.) The duck-butt
who just came in reminds me of somebody
I once knew. Hey, dusty butt, where you
been keeping yourself?


ducksn. tickets. You got the ducks for Fri-
day? There were no ducks left.


duck-squeezern. someone with strong
concerns about the environment and
conservation, especially rescuing oil-cov-
ered ducks. (See also eagle freak.) 
Some duck-squeezers were complaining
about what the new dam might do. The
duck-squeezers were picketing the dam
site.


duckymod. okay; good. (Often used sar-
castically.) Now, isn’t that just ducky?
That’s a ducky idea!


dud[d@d] n. a failure; something that fails
to perform as intended. (See also duds.)
The whole idea turned out to be a dud.
The play was a dud from start to finish.


dude[dud] 1. n. a male friend; a guy. (Also
a term of address.) Who’s the dude with
the cowboy boots? Hey, dude, what’s
happ? 2. mod. excellent. (See also dudi-
cal.) The game was severely dude! We
won! This whole day has been dude and
fat.


dudette[“dudEt] n. a young woman; the
feminine ofdude. Susan is one fine-


looking dudette. The place was filled
with good-looking dudettes, just waiting
for the right guy to come along.

dude upin. to dress up. Let’s get all
duded up and go out. I got to dude up
a little before we go.

dudical[“dudIkl] mod. really good. (De-
rived from dude.) It is truly dudical to
see you here, Dave. What a dudical crib!

duds[d@dz] n. clothes. (Folksy. Always
plural.) Are those new duds? I need
some new duds, too.

duferGo to doofer.

duff[d@f] n. the buttocks. Get off your
duff and get busy. Don’t you get tired
of sitting around on your duff?

duffer[“d@f#] 1. n. a foolish oaf; a bum-
bler. Some old duffer is weeding our gar-
den for us. He’s lost, I think. Pete’s just
a duffer—he’s not really serious at it. 2.
n. an unskilled golfer. Those duffers up
ahead are holding up the game. Don’t
call me a duffer!

duffisGo to doofus.

dukein. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit.
(Collegiate. Rhymes with puke. See also
dukes.) He left to duke. I saw how green
he was. She’s in the john, duking like a
goat.

dukes 1. n. the fists. Okay, brother, put
your dukes up. The guy’s got dukes like
hams. 2. n. the knees. He went down
on his dukes and prayed for all sorts of
good stuff. He cracked one of his dukes
on the railing.

duke someone outtv. to knock someone
out. (See also dukes.) Wilbur tried to
duke the guy out first.TBob duked out the
mugger with a jab to the cheek.

duky[“duki] n. feces. (Originally black and
primarily juvenile.) The doggie made
duky in the backyard. Mommy, there’s
duky in Jimmy’s diaper.

dull as dishwatermod. very dull. She’s
cute, but dull as dishwater. Life can be
as dull as dishwater.

dull as dishwater
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