spot the deal stocks early and buy them be-
fore others do. You can lose a lot of
money on deal stocks, too.Dear John lettern. a letter a woman writes
to her boyfriend in the military service
telling him that she does not love him
anymore. Wally got a Dear John letter
today. Sally sends a Dear John letter
about once a month.
deathlymod. excellent. Did you see
Kelly’s deathly new convertible? That’s
a deathly idea!
death on someone or somethingn. caus-
ing the death or destruction of someone
or something. (See also death on some-
thing.) This kind of road is just death
on tires. This candy is death on my
teeth.
death on somethingn. moving very fast
or skillfully on something, such as
wheels. He is way fast—just death on
wheels. Pete is death on skis. You ought
to see him go.
decentmod. good; very good. This is
some pretty decent jazz. Your threads
are decent, all right.
deck 1. tv. to knock someone to the
ground. Fred decked Bob with one blow.
I was so mad I almost decked him. 2.
n. a pack of cigarettes. Can you toss me
a deck of fags, please? Why don’t you
stop in there and buy a deck?
deduck[“did@k] 1. n. a tax deduction.
(From deduct.) Interest is no longer a
deduck. I need a few more deducks this
year. 2. and duckn. a deduction from
one’s paycheck. More of my pay goes to
deducks than I get myself. What’s this
duck for?
deejayGo to disk jockey.
deepmod. intense; profound. She gave
this really deep speech to us about how we
should stay off drugs. All these com-
ments are too deep for me.
deep pockets 1. n. a good source of
money. We need to find some deep
pockets to finance this venture. Deep
pockets are hard to find since the stock
market crashed. 2. n. a rich person. The
lawyer went after the doctor who was the
deep pockets of the organization. I want
to find the deep pockets who arranged all
this.deep six 1. tv. to jettison something, in-
cluding a corpse, from a ship at sea.
(Usually deep-sixas a verb.) The cap-
tain had them deep-six the garbage.
They deep-sixed the body of the first mate,
who had died of the shakes. 2. thedeep
sixn. burial at sea. (Always with thein
this sense.) They gave her the deep six
with full honors. I think I’d want the
deep six, but I’ll probably kick off on dry
land. 3. tv. to kill or dispose of someone.
(Underworld. Usually deep-six as a
verb.) Mr. Big ordered Sam to deep-six
Frank. The thugs tried to deep-six the
witness, but failed. 4. tv. to throw some-
thing away. (Usually deep-sixas a verb.)
Take this old thing out and deep-six it.
I’ve got to deep-six this old TV set. 5.
thedeep six n. a grave. (Always with the
in this sense. Graves are usually six feet
deep.) When you know the deep six is
at the end of the line no matter who you
are, it makes you take life less seriously.
The deep six can’t be made attractive to
many people.def[dEf] 1. mod. better; cool. (Originally
black. From definitive.) Man, that yo-
gurt is def! What a def set of threads!- mod. definitely. I will be there. Def.
This is def the best there is.
definatelymod. definitely. (A misspelling
that is so widely used in Internet news
groups as to be considered part of the In-
ternet jargon.) I am definately going to
look at your home page!defrostedmod. even with someone who
has insulted, embarrassed, or angered
oneself. (See also chill; ice.) He yelled
at her till he was defrosted, and then things
settled down. Bob was finally defrosted
when he insulted Heidi.Delhi belly[“dEli bEli] n. diarrhea, as suf-
fered by tourists in India. I’ve got a
touch of the Delhi belly and will have to
miss the Taj Mahal. I’ve got something
you can take for Delhi belly.Dear John letter