Dictionary of Playground Slang (Online)

Response to a dare, that you will carry out the dare if the originator does it first. Usually, the sayer of this chickens out after the darer has fulfilled his side of the deal.

Penis.

Describes (insults) a girl who was known for, or at least suspected of engaging in frequent sexual activity with different partners. As in, "Oh no, don't touch her mate, she's a right dartboard". The definition draws a parallel between a dartboard and the girl since a dartboard always has pricks in it (i.e. the sharpened end of the darts themselves).

Cool, trendy, groovy. Rather good.

A type of dance, disco, or 'ball' in Australia orgainised as the name suggests for those singles who are having troubles meeting partners. They are known as D&D's and often attract married men looking for a quick bonk - though this is *not* the purpose. Originally they were supposed to help 'country folk' meet one anotehr iformally as the 'farms' in Oz are so huge people got isolated very quickly.

In action, males and females apply to the organisers with a list of their likes and dislikes in partners and as far as possible they are partnered up with people who match each others main features. This often goes disastrously wrong, but adds to the fun on the night as there is no compulsion to stay with the partner you are assigened to!

Friend. Phrase used as in the Hucklberry Hound cartoon series which itself was a derivative of the Bugs Bunny phrase "What's up Doc?".

A 'Daybug' was a pupil at a boarding school who lived locally and did not reside in the school, officially referred to as a 'Dayboy'. They were usually seen as lazy, demotivated, and always going home early.

At a boarding school, a person who lived locally and did not reside at the school. This was considered a humorous alternative to the official "day boy" since the word "daigo" was a derogatory term for certain non English speaking immigrants in that period.

An excessively stupid or unpleasant person. From Joey Deacom, and elderly man suffering from cerebral palsy regularly featured on television 1980-85.

An act of playground punishment administered by various means with the purpose of numbing the victims leg and rendering him or her unable to walk normally.

Very or extremely. For example "it was dead good". Tends to be associated with a northern UK accent.

Term used where ever a group of lads would congregate and only one had any cigarettes. As soon as this lad lit or "sparked up" his cigarette, the others would vie for a Dee-Bee meanng "Decent Butt" if you were unable to secure Dee Bee, you would then have to appeal for Dee-Dee-Bee and so on. It was also used to demonstrate your place in the hierarchy, if you ended with the lip-burning soogy last drag which was more often than not mainly filter, it was a sure sign that you were not the most popular or hardest member of the group.

(1) Acknowlegement someone has delivered a telling insult or response. e.g. "Can I have some of that candy?" Response: "When pigs fly!" Bystander: "DEE-BO".

(2). Sports trash talk: exclamation after stealing the ball, rejecting a shot, etc.

School prefect. Probably mutated rhyming slang. From deefer = defect = prefect.

To look or to see something: eg "Give us a deeks at that eh!".

At one contributors school it was only used in the singular 'How Baz man have a deek a' this!'

(ed: in S. Wales we used the word 'dekko' so no doubt there is a link there somewhere)

Abbreviation of definitely. Double damn defo was an extension of defo (definitely) to indicate that it was "written in stone...".

Similar use as 'duck', i.e. to dodge or feint, to avoid, e.g. "He had to deke" Was originally a hockey term.

Person displaying tendency towards insanity, crazy or uncoordinated behaviours. (Pronounced 'della') Came from the name of local psychiatric hospital, De La Pole Hospital.

Case of the runs caused by on over indulgence of spices (such as chilli) in Indian Restaurants