Dictionary of Playground Slang (Online)

Ugly; esp of women.

Woman considered to be bautiful. Pos. corrupt. of 'dame'.

A person whose behaviour suggested some sort of mental imbalance.

Usually applied to a woman since becoming Archie Bunkers favourite insult for Edith. Basically assumes that the person in question is a little soft in the head, simple, i.e. of low intelligence.

Fool or idiot. Pos. Australian derivative of ding?

Describes someone a bit strange. Fairly affectionate., Nickname for the rather eccentric Edward Lynden Bell deriving obviously from his surname. The Leys School, Cambridge.

To stand someone up or ignore them (pronounced Ding-ghee). Used as "He pure dingied me, by the way...", or when someone unsuccessfully attempts to pull a member of the opposite sex, their friends would all shout "Dingied!"

Derogatory term used in Birmingham in reference to people from Wolverhampton. The term relates to the Dingle family from the TV soapie 'Emmerdale' and reflects the widely held belief that the Wolverhampton accent makes the speaker sound both stupid and 'scutty'.

(1) Piece of excrement that sticks stubbornly to the buttock and/or buttock hairs.

(2) an excessively stupid or unpleasant person.

A particularly stupid person, divvy.

Good, reliable honest. When used with "Fair", it can be a query regarding authenticity, e.g. "Is that fair dinkum??".

Small, cute neat thing. Named after Dinky toys supposed to be the best of their kind.

Correct, good, favourable.

Insinuates a limited intelligence capacity, i.e. calling them stupid and/or comparing them to a person who is mentally disabled. For example. Why did you tell the teacher what you did? You're a real dinlo sometimes!"

Fairly boring and obvious name for dinner ladies - school canteen staff who were almost always of a certain age. Were almost always evil too, and dispised children. Main role was to be tyrannical at dinner times when they had the job of maintaining order throughout the school. This was generally achieved by stealing the tennis balls that people were playing football with (Caseys being banned on the tarmac). It was the duty of a dinner granny to confiscate any ball or play-ground equipment (conkers etc) that may come their way. Such confiscation was nearly always permanent.

A large and long lasting form of gob-stopper packaged in a box.

(1) an excessively stupid or unpleasant person.

(2) a way of deciding who is "it". Person shouts "dip". Any number of rhymes follow until one person fails to rhyme... that person is "it".

Perform an act of sexual intercourse.

Daft person. Someone you dislike or insult because of their low level of intellignece, like a teacher. Similar to divvy.