Slangs - D

[Keane]

dab hand    Noun. A person highly skilled at a given task. E.g."He's a dab hand at programming and web design."
da bomb   Noun. The best. [Orig. U.S./Black 1990s]
dabs    Noun. Fingerprints. Generally police and criminal vernacular.
dab on    Noun. A sweat on. See 'have a dab on'.
daft    Noun. Silly, foolish. {Informal}
daft as a brush   Phrs. Very silly, crazy. [Mainly Northern use]
daftie   Noun. A fool, an idiot.
Dagenham   Adj. Totally insane, crazy. Because on the London underground/rail transport system Dagenham (Heathway) station is 3 stops beyond Barking station. Barking is slang for crazy. See 'barking'.
Dagenham dustbin   Noun. A Ford car. The Ford car manufacturer have a major engine plant at Dagenham, East London. Derog.
dago    Noun. A foreigner, usually applied to Italians, Spanish and Portugese. Derog and offensive.
daisies   Noun. Boots. Rhyming slang on daisy roots.
daisy chain   Noun. A sexual act involving 3 or more people, during which each person simultaneously has sex with the person beside them in the group, thus forming a chain.
damage    Noun. The cost, expense. E.g."What's the damage for the meal, without the drinks?"
dancers   Noun. Stairs. [Manchester use]
dangleberries    Noun. Faecal remnants adherring to anal hairs.
dangly-bits   Noun. The male genitals.
dannies   Noun. Hands. [South Yorkshire use]
Danny (La Rue)   Noun. A clue, an idea. Rhyming slang. The name of a female impersonator, Danny La Rue, real name Daniel Patrick Carroll.
daps   Noun. Plimsolls, trainers (footwear). [Welsh use]
dark   Adj. Excellent. [Orig. U.S. 1990s]
David Gower   Noun. A shower. Rhyming slang. [1980s]
Deacon   Noun. An imbecile, idiot. Derived from the name Joey Deacon, see 'Joey'. Derog.
dead    Adv. Very, extremely. E.g."Our holiday was dead good."
dead cert    Noun. A sure thing. E.g."It's a dead cert that the favourite will win."
dead from the neck up    Phrs. Unintelligent, stupid.
dead heat in a Zeppelin race   Noun. Large breasts on a woman. E.g."Wow! Look at her, looks like a dead heat in a Zeppelin race."
Dear John    Noun. A letter, usually from a female, terminating a relationship.
de-bag    Verb. To remove a persons trousers, usually without their consent. Usually adolescents behaviour. See 'bags' (noun).
deck    Verb. To physically knock down, onto the deck.
Dee Dah   Noun. A person from Sheffield. Derogatory term, taken from the way they speak in Sheffield. [Yorks/Derbyshire use]
deek   Noun. A look, a glance. E.g."Give me a deek at your magazine." [Yorkshire use/ North-east use?]
deep sea diver   Noun. A five pound monetary note (£5). Rhyming slang for fiver.
deep shit   Noun. Serious trouble.
deep throat    Noun. Fellatio involving the envelopment of the penis using the depth of the throat.
Verb. To fellate as in the manner of the noun.
deffo    Adj. An abb. of definitely. [Mainly Liverpool use]
def (someone) out   Verb. To ignore (someone). Possibly originally deaf out, so therefore to ignore by not listening. E.g."I hate the way that she always defs me out when I say something." [Midlands use]
dekko    Noun. A look or glance. From the Hindustani, dekho. [1890s]
Delhi belly    Noun. A severe stomach upset. A common occurrence for Western travellers visiting countries of the East, such as India, hence the expression.
demic    Noun. 1. A thing that is worn out or broken.
2. A derogatory term for a person who is constantly sick, a hypochondriac, someone in obviously less than perfect health.
desmond   Noun. 1. A jacket. Rhyming slang on Desmond Hackett, the renowned Daily Express sports reporter.
2. A university degree, grade 2.2. Abbreviation of Reverend Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
destroyed   Adj. Drunk, very intoxicated with alcohol or drugs.
devil dodger   Noun. A member of the church, or a strong believer in religion. [More commonly Navy use]
devil's dandruff   Noun. Cocaine.
dhoby   Verb. To wash, clean. Originally to do laundry, from the Hindu dhob meaning washing. Also dhobi, dobi, doby. [Services slang, mainly Navy use]
dhoby dust   Noun. Washing powder. See 'dhoby'.
dial    Noun. A person's face.
diamond    Noun. Wonderful, excellent. [Orig. London]
diamond geezer    Noun. A really wonderful man, helpful and reliable; a gem of a man. A commonly heard extension to 'diamond'. [Mainly London use]
Dibble    Noun. A policeman/woman. The name taken from the U.S. cartoon Top Cat, where the local policeman is called Officer Dibble. [N.W. England use.]
dibs    Noun. A claim. E.g."I put dibs on tasting it first."
Verb. To put a personal claim on something. E.g."I made the cocktail so I dibs first taste."
dicey    Adj. Risky.
dick    Noun. 1. The penis.
2. A contemptible person.
dick around / about   
Verb. Mess around, idle away time. E.g."Tim's been dicking around in the back yard with that bloody football again."
dickfuck   Noun. An idiot, a contemptible person.
dickhead    Noun. A stupid person, a contemptible person.

dicksplash    Noun. A contemptible person. Cf. 'dicksplat'.
dicksplat    Noun. A despicable person. Cf. 'dicksplash'.
dickwad   Noun. A contemptible person, idiot. [Orig. U.S.]
dickweed   Noun. A contemptible person.
dicky    Adj. Unsound, likely to fail, unhealthy. Also spelt dickey and dickie. E.g."You can't seriously expect me to lift that box when you know I've got a dicky heart."
dicky-bird    Noun. Rhyming slang for word. Usually heard in a negative sense. E.g."We've not heard a dicky-bird from Andy since he moved."
dicky fit   Noun. An emotional outburst, a tantrum. Also dickie fit. E.g."Don't even think about smoking Angela's last cigarette, she'll have a dicky fit."
diddicoy   Noun. A gypsy. Also spelt diddicoi and didicoi. [Orig. Romany/dialect]
diddies   Noun. Women's breasts. [Scottish use]
diddle    Verb. 1. To have sex with, and often used with reference to masturbation of the female genitals.
2. To swindle. {Informal}
diddly    Noun. Nothing. E.g."There's diddly wrong with it." [Orig. U.S.]
diddly diddly music    Noun. Onomatopoeic name for Irish folk music.
diddly-squat   Noun. Nothing, zero. E.g."I've earnt diddly squat this month." [Orig. U.S.]
diddy    Adj. Small.
diddy ride   Noun. A masturbatory act involving the rubbing of the penis between a woman's breasts. Also diddyride. [N.Irish use]
diesel (dyke)    Noun. A butch lesbian. A little less derogatory than 'bull-dyke'.
dig (the grave)   Noun. A shave. Rhyming slang. E.g."Can you give me 10 minutes, I need to have a dig and clean my teeth."
dildo    Noun. 1. A substitute penis used for sex. [Orig. U.S.]
2. An objectionable or imbecilic person.
dilly-dally    Verb. To dawdle, linger, loiter. {Informal}
dim   Adj. Unintelligent.
dimbo    Noun. An idiot, a fool. From 'dim'.
dimmock   Noun. An imbecile, an idiot. From 'dim'.
dimp    Noun. The filter remnants of a smoked cigarette.
din-dins    Noun. Dinner. Originally a children's expression.
ding-a-ling   Noun. Penis. Also dingaling. [Orig Black/US]
dingbat   Noun. An idiot.
ding-dong    Noun. An argument, commotion, fight. {Informal}
dinge queen    Noun. A gay male attracted to black homosexuals. Essentially offensive term due to the use of 'dinge', meaning black. Cf. 'curry queen', 'scat queen'.
dingleberries    Noun. Faecal remnants attached to one's anal hairs. Cf. 'dangleberries'
dingy   Verb. To ignore (someone). E.g."He thought they were friends but she dingied him and went off with someone else." [Glasgow use]
dinky    Adj. Small, cute, neat. {Informal}
dinlo   Noun. An idiot, a contemptible person. [Portsmouth use?]
dip one's wick    Vrb phrs. To have sex. Male usage.
dippy    Adj. Silly, empty-headed.
dipshit    Noun. A despicable person. Derog. [Orig. U.S]
dipso    Noun. A drunk, an alcoholic. Abb. of dipsomaniac. Derog. [1940s] {Informal}
dipstick   Noun. A fool. Derog. [Orig. U.S.]
dirtbag   Noun. A worthless, contemptible person.
dirtbox   Noun. The anus.
dirty    Adv. A general intensifier. E.g."There was a dirty great big spot on the end of his nose."
dirty-mac    Noun. A worn or decrepid long raincoat or mackintosh, the sort stereotypically worn by men with a prediliction for exposing their genitals in public.
dirty pillows   Noun. Women's breasts.
dirty stop-out   Noun. A person who has stayed out enjoying themselves beyond the expected time of return. Jocular usage.
dirty weekend    Noun. A liberating weekend away from home for the indulgence in intimacies, either sexual or otherwise, with one's lover. {Informal}
dischuffed    Adj. Displeased. Cf. 'chuffed'.
disco biscuit   Noun. An ecstasy (MDMA) pill. Within the UK club scene it was originally a specific type of ecstasy pill, however, in the U.S. in the 1970s disco biscuits were qualudes. [Early 1990s]
dish    Noun. 1. A sexually attractive person.
2. The buttocks. Gay use.
3. The face.
Verb. To smash, to break. E.g."Someone has dished all my car windows." [Merseyside use]
dish the dirt    Vrb phrs. To reveal the truth or gossip.
dish out    Verb. To hand out, distribute.
dishy    Adj. Sexually attractive. {Informal}
diss    Verb. To disrespect, ridicule, insult. E.g."No he can't come with us - he dissed me and my family." [Orig. Black English/U.S.]
div    Noun. An idiot, a pitiable person, a contemptible person. Cf. 'divvy'.
dive    Noun. A squalid place.
divvy    Noun. Idiot. Derog.
divvy up    Verb. To share out, distribute. {Informal}
dizzy queen    Noun. A giddy and flamboyant gay male.
do   Noun. A party or event. {Informal}
Verb. 1. To physically assault, to beat up. E.g."I'll do him if he calls me an idiot again."
2. To have sex. E.g."I reckon I'll do her if I can get her drunk enough."
do a bunk    Vrb phrs. To leave hurriedly, escape. E.g."He did a bunk, out of the bedroom window, when his parents came home unexpectedly."
do a runner    Vrb phrs. Meaning the same as 'do a bunk', but often implying a departure without paying for a received service.
dob (in)   Verb. To inform on, betray. [Orig. Aust./N.Z.]
dobber   Noun. 1. A penis.
2. An idiot, a contemptible person.
3. Something very large. E.g."I've never seen a pizza so big, it was a real dobber, and we could only eat half of it between six of us." [Northern use]
4. An informer, a teller of tales. From 'dob'. [Orig. Aust./N.Z.]
dobbing   Adj. A general intensifier. E.g."This dobbing great idiot spilt my drink and didn't apologise, so I hit him."
doby   Noun. Laundry. See 'dhoby'.
docking    Adv. Extremely. E.g. "It was a docking big car, the size of a bus, and certainly not suitable for town driving."
docky    Noun. A snack. [Norfolk/Cambridgeshire/Lincs use]
docky time   Noun. Mid morning break. See 'docky'. [Norfolk/Cambridgeshire/Lincs use]
doddle    Noun. An easy task. {Informal}
dodgy    Adj. Risky, suspicious, dubious. {Informal}
dog    Noun. 1. A sexually unattractive person. Derog.
2. A foot, usually in plural as dogs and often heard used in the expression my dogs are barking. See 'dogs are barking'.
Verb. To play truant. Also doggin' it. [Scottish use]
dog and bone    Noun. Telephone. Cockney rhyming slang.
dog-breath    Noun. 1. A person with halitosis, bad smelling breath.
2. A contemptible person.
dog-end    Noun. A cigarette end, the remnants of a cigarette after smoking.
doggie fashion    Adj. An act of sex in the manner of dogs, that is, with both partners facing the same direction and on one's knees.
dogging   Noun. Anonymous, public sex between strangers, usually taking place in cars or outdoors and in the presence of voyeurs.
(one's) dogs are barking    Phrs. (One's) feet are tired and aching. E.g."Do you mind if I sit down, my dogs are barking!"
the dogs   Noun. Greyhound racing. {Informal}
dogsbody    Noun. A person who does the menial and boring tasks. {Informal}
dog's bollocks    Noun. The best. E.g."This song is the dog's bollocks." Cf. 'cat's whiskers', 'bee's knees' and 'mutt's nuts'.
dog's breakfast    Noun. A mess. E.g."I've made a bit of a dog's breakfast of that essay, and will probably have to rewrite it." Cf. 'dog's dinner'
dog's dangly bits   Noun. The best. Later variation on the 'dog's bollocks'. See 'dangly bits'.
dog's dinner    Noun. 1. A mess. Cf. 'dog's breakfast'.
2. See 'done up like a dog's dinner'.
dog's egg   Noun. A lump of dog faeces.
do in    Verb. To beat up, to kill.
doings   Noun. Non-specific items, things one may have temporarily forgotten the name for. E.g."Tony, will you move all your, err... doings from the kitchen table?"
dole    Noun. Social security benefits. {Informal}
doll    Noun. 1. A young and especially attractive woman.
2. Sweetheart. An expression of endearment, e.g. "Come on doll, it isn't that bad."
doll up    Verb. To smarten up, to make attractive.
dollybird   Noun. An attractive woman. Use is generally jocular and historical. [1960s]
do me a favour   Phrs. A phrase meaning "you must be joking" or "are you kidding me?"
do me a lemon   Phrs. Alternative version of 'do me a favour', see above. [London use]
done in    Adj. Tired out. {Informal}
done up like a dog's dinner   Phrs. Smartly or extravagantly dressed. Usually disparaging use. {Informal}
done up like a kipper   Phrs. 1. Caught in the act, caught red-handed.
2. Put in a position of no hope.
dong    Noun. A penis.
donger    Noun. A penis.
donkey    Noun. 1. A male who is genitally well endowed, as in hung like a donkey. Also phrased as donkey-dick.
2. Something that doesn't come up to expectations. E.g."I think we've been sold a donkey."
donkey's (years)    Noun. A long time. Often abbreviated to donkeys. E.g."It's been donkeys since I had a good night's sleep and I'm really tired." {Informal}
donnies   Noun. Hands. [W. Midlands use]
donut   See 'doughnut'.
doobie    Noun. A marijuana cigarette. [Orig. U.S. 1960s]
doobrie    Noun. Something whose name isn't known or has been forgotten.
doo doo    Noun. Children's expression for faeces.
doofah    Noun. Meaning the same as 'doobrie'. Also doofer.
doolally    Adj. Mad, crazy, insane. A shortening of doolally tap, a madness that afflicted British soldiers in Deolali, India. There's speculation as to whether the soldiers went mad whilst stationed there, awaiting the troop ship home, or that they were sent to the sanatorium there after going mad. Cf 'tapped'. [Late 1800s]
do one   Verb. To go away. E.g."Listen, I'm going to do one and let you finish your work. I'll call you later."
do one's fruit    Vrb phrs. To be extremely annoyed. E.g."Sharon's going to do her fruit when she finds David's stuck his bloody nose into her business again."
do one's head in   Vrb phrs. To mentally disturb. E.g."Will you stop going on and on, you're doing my head in."
do one's nut    Vrb phrs. To be very angry, to throw a tantrum, to get emotionally upset. E.g."The work was piling up, he couldn't do it all by himself but the boss was doing his nut."
doormat   Noun. A person who is easily exploited, someone who is walked on and readily used by others.
dope    Noun. 1. A stupid person. Derived from dopey. (s.e.)
2. General term for a narcotic drug.
Adj. Excellent, great. [Orig. U.S./Black]
dopehead   Noun. An idiot.
doris   Noun. Wife or girlfriend. E.g."I'm taking my doris to the cinema to see the new Harry Potter film."
dork    Noun. An idiot, a contemptible person. [Orig. U.S.]
dose    Noun. Euphemism for a venereal infection.
dosh    Noun. Money.
do (someone)   Vrb phrs. Have sexual intercourse with someone. E.g."Yeah, Johnny's doing that blonde who works in the tax office."
doss    Verb. To sleep rough. {Informal}
Noun. An easy task. E.g."That maths exam was a doss." {Informal}
dossdown    Verb. To sleep rough. {Informal}
dosser    Noun. 1. A person who sleeps rough, a homeless person. Derog.
2. A person who lives by exerting the least amount of personal effort. Derog.
do the business   Vrb phrs. Do what is necessary to achieve the required result. E.g."If you don't do the business, we are going to fail." {Informal}
do the dirty on (someone)    Vrb phrs. To betray, to cheat on (someone).
dotty   Adj. Eccentric or slightly mad. E.g."My dotty Auntie Ethel is visiting this weekend." {Informal}
double bagger   Noun. An ugly woman. So called because two bags would be needed to avoid having to see her during sex, one to cover her head, and one to cover ones own should her bag accidentally come off or rip.
double-bubble   Noun. Double time. Overtime worked at a twice the usual rate of pay.
double Dutch    Adj. Nonsense or incomprehensible talk. {Informal}
dough   Noun. Money.
doughnut   Noun. 1. An idiot, a contemptible person.
2. A skilled manoeuvre in a motorized vehicle, whereby it is repeatedly spun on the spot through 360°, resulting in the tyres overheating and consequently leaving burnt rubber on the tarmac - in the shape of a doughnut.
Douglas Hurd *   Noun. 1. A lump of excrement. Rhyming slang on 'turd'. [1980s]
2. A third (class degree). Rhyming slang. [1980s]
* Douglas Hurd, Tory government minister during the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher, and later John Major.
dout   Noun. A cigarette butt. [Scottish use, Glasgow?]
downer    Noun. 1. A tranquillizer.
2. Something that mentally depresses. E.g."It put me on a right downer, crashing the car, especially now when I have no money."
down in the dumps    Phrs. Miserable, depressed. E.g."I'm not coming out tonight, I'm feeling a little down in the dumps."
down the pan   Phrs. Wasted, lost, ruined. E.g."Oh well, that's another £1000 down the pan."
down under    Noun. Australia. {Informal}
doylem   Noun. An idiot, an objectionable person. Also doylum and doilum. [NE and N Yorks use]
dozy   Adj. Dimwitted, stupid, slow. {Informal}
drag    Noun. 1. Dressing in the opposite sexes clothes.
2. A draw on a cigarette.
drag queen    Noun. A male homosexual who dresses in women's clothes and affecting extreme effeminate mannerisms.
drain the main vein   Vrb phrs. Of males, to urinate.
drama queen    Noun. Someone who makes an excessive fuss over a situation. Of the many queen names from the gay scene, this is regularly used by heterosexuals of heterosexuals.
draw    Noun. Cannabis or marijuana. Also phrased as a draw. E.g."Ere mate, have you got a draw? I need something to help me sleep."
drawk   Verb. To soak. [Yorks/N.E dialect and use]
(the) dreaded lurgy   Noun. Any unspecified or indeterminate desease. Jocular use.
dreamboat   Noun. A sexually attractive male or female.
dreckly   Adv. Immediately, straight away, although despite its meaning can also imply 'soon' or 'when ready'. From directly. [South-west use]
dressed (up) to the nines   Phrs. Dressed very well and fashionably.
drink from the furry cup   Vrb phrs. To perform cunnilingus. See 'furry cup'.
drinky-poo   Noun. A drink. Mock juvenile expression.
drip    Noun. A feeble and boring person. Derog.
dripping with    Phrs. Having an excessive amount of, usually in the context of wealth, such as jewellery or money.
drippy    Adj. Ineffectual, overly sentimental.
drive-by    Noun. The shooting of guns at a particular target from inside a car. Common with street gangs in U.S. and now occurring in Britain.
drive the porcelain bus   Vrb phrs. To vomit. [Orig. U.S.]
drooth   Noun. A thirst. [Scottish use]
drop    Verb. To take drugs orally. The term drop acid being common.
drop a bollock   Vrb phrs. To make a mistake. E.g."It was the third time in a week that he'd dropped a bollock. N wonder he got the sack."
drop a clanger    Vrb phrs. To make an obvious mistake. E.g."The government dropped a clanger by ignoring the wishes of the populace and going to war."
drop anchor in poo-bay   Vrb phrs. To have anal intercourse. [1990s]
drop dead!    Verb. An exclamation of annoyance directed at a person. [Orig. U.S.]
dropdead gorgeous    Adj. Stunningly attractive.
drop (someone) in it   Vrb phrs. To land (someone) in trouble, to incriminate. A euphemism for dropping someone in the shit.
drop one's guts    Vrb phrs. To break wind. Occasionally shortened to just 'drop one'. E.g. "Jesus! What a stink, have you just dropped one?"
drop the kids off at the pool   Vrb phrs. Euphemism for defecation. E.g."I cant even think about eating breakfast until I've had a cigarette and dropped the kids off at the pool."
druggie    Noun. A drug addict, or more recently used with reference to anyone who uses drugs in excess; very much a subjective statement. Also spelt druggy. Derog.
Adj. Having a quality associated with that of recreational drugs and consequently the drug scene itself.
drum   Noun. A house, home.
drum and bass    Noun. Genre of dance music, like 'jungle', but more minimal.
drunk as a skunk   Phrs. Very intoxicated with alcohol.
dry hump   Verb. To simulate sexual intercourse whilst fully clothed.
dry humping   Noun. The act of simulation sex whilst fully clothed.
dry slap   Noun. A punch. Expression supposedly invented by actor Mike Read, for the Frank Butcher character he played in a TV soap, Eastenders. E.g."You'd better show him some respect before he gives you a dry slap." [1990s?]
dub    Noun. Originally a style of 'chilled', deeper reggae music from W.Indies with added segments not dissimilar to samples.
dubby    Adj. Affecting the style of 'dub', but remaining within its original genre. E.g."That new dance tune I brought is very dubby."
duchess   Noun. A term of address for a woman. Occasionally dutchess.
duck   Noun. 1. A term of address.
2. A euphemism for 'fuck'. See 'give a duck'.
duckarse   Verb. To wet the end of a cigarette, or joint, with saliva, thus making it difficult or unpleasant to smoke. [Northern use]
duckin' and diving    Phrs. A non-committal catch-phrase reply to the questioning of one's recent activities, usually asked at a reunion. Occasionally expression is completed with finishing phrase, fuckin' and skiving.
ducky   Noun. A form of friendly address. {Informal}
duds    Noun. Clothes.
duff    Adj. Rubbishy, useless.
duffer    Noun. An inefficient or stupid person. E.g. "What! You went out with that old duffer ?" Derived from 'duff'. Derog.
duff up    Verb. To beat up.
dugs   Noun. Female breasts.
duke   Noun. A homosexual. Rhyming slang on Duke of Kent meaning 'bent'. See 'bent'.
dukes   Noun. Hemorrhoids. Rhyming slang on Duke of Argyles, meaning piles.
dull as dishwater   Phrs. Very unexciting, exceedingly plain, boring. E.g."I'm not wasting my time watching another hour of this film, it's dull as dishwater." Cf. 'dull as dishwater'.
dull as ditchwater   Phrs. Very boring, unexciting. Cf. 'dull as dishwater'.
dumb ass    Noun. An idiot. [Orig. U.S.]
Adj. Idiotic, stupid.
dumbnuts    Noun. An idiot.
dumbo    Noun. A stupid, slow-witted person. Derog.
dump    Noun. 1. An act of defecation.
2. A squalid place. {Informal}
Verb. 1. To defecate.
2. To finish a relationship with someone. E.g."She's feeling miserable and unloved. David's just dumped her."
dump all over (someone)   Vrb phrs. To mistreat (someone), to unfairly criticize (someone). [Orig. U.S.]
dune coon   Noun. An Arab, or often more generally of/from the Middle East. Derog./Offens.
dunky   Noun. A condom. [South Wales use]
dustbin lid   Noun. A child. Rhyming slang on kid. Cf. 'bin lids' and 'saucepin lids'.
dust bunnies   Noun. Clumps of dust, usually found on the floor on the periphery of a room or under furniture. [Orig. U.S.]
dutch oven    Noun. The act of breaking wind whilst in bed and then holding one's partner's head beneath the covers.
dweeb    Noun. An imbecile. [Orig. U.S.]
dwile   Noun. A dish cloth, a rag. Also, dwile flonking, a pub game played at village fetes, involving a beer soaked rag. More details available at World Wide Words. [Orig/mainly Suffolk/Norfolk use]
dyke    Noun. A lesbian. Previously used as a derogatory expression but now used and accepted within the lesbian and gay scene. Compare with 'bull dyke' and 'diesel dyke'.