da'ass cock v. Giving oral sex to a homosexual. Used in "He sucks da'ass cock". circa. 2002 USA

Daaaaave Used to a freind to indicate they'd done something a bit stupid. Pronounced in slow-mo as if talking to someone a bit thick. Generally it's quite an affectionate term. Apparantly Germans use the name "Jurgen" to identical effect. circa. 1990's UK

daks n. underdaks, underpants Aus.

dap n. 1) training shoe or plimsoll. 2) beating consisting of one or more blows to the buttocks with this. UK (Wa)

dags n. 1) the small (sometimes large) solid lumps of manure hanging from a sheeps wool around their rear ends where their droppings have fouled it. 2) an excessively annoying or unpleasant person. cf. winnets, arsenuts, cleggs, klingons AUS

Dairy, Dairies ph. This is weird so I've added it verbatim. Comments welcomed:

A group of people found extremly annoying or think they are better than everyone else. Also can be called anything that is made out dairy products used this way: "Damn, it smells like (milk, cheese, milkshake, spoiled milk etc...) doesn't it" you say this in front of the dairy so they have no idea what you are talking about, circa. current UK

damn deal q. Querying what event is currently occuring at the time the question is posed., e'g' "What's the damn deal?" USA

Dancing Dollies n. A typically sadistic playground game in which several targets lined up against a wall whilst others attempted to hit them with spherical projectiles (commonly tennis, golf and foot balls, less commonly a cricket ball), creating the appearance of 'dancing' in the targets when avoiding the missiles. Popular in spring/ summer terms at contributors primary school. circa. 1980's UK (NW)

danger wank n. Thrill seeking masterbation, while your mum is walking upstairs to your bedroom after you have called her. the object of the game is to come before she opens the door and catches you. circa. 2002 UK (SE)

dank adj. Anything good circa. 1990's USA

dangleberries n. The little bits of dried jobbie hanging on to your bumfluff. c.f. dags, winnets, etc. UK (Scot)

dank n. marijuana USA

daps n. Old term for trainers. Also known as plimsoles, deck shoes etc. In school the answer to "What's the fastest thing in the world?" was "Diarrhoea with daps on!". circa. 1940's onwards UK (W, Wal)

dappy, dippy adj. stupid or incompetent UK (W), (SE)

darty adj. Cool, trendy, groovy. Rather good. circa. current UK

Dawg Friend. Phrase used as in the Hucklberry Hound cartoon series which itself was a derivative of the Bugs Bunny phrase "What's up Doc?". circa. 1999 USA

day-bugs n. 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. UK

day-go n. derog 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. cf. day-bugs circa. 1950's - 60's AUS (Qu)

deacon n. derog. An excessively stupid or unpleasant person. f. JOEY DEACON, elderly man suffering from cerebral palsy regularly featured on television 1980-85. cf. joey, spack, spaz

dead leg n. 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.

Death Square game. Entered verbatim - I couldn't improve on this:

A complex, subtle and violent game which emerged in Ysgol Morgan Llwyd school in Wrexham, Wales in the late eighties. It evolved from a game called "one touch" into "one touch death square" and eventually, simply "death square".

The rules are as follows: a tin can is kicked around within the perimeter of a 20 foot square of grass (we had an ideal one at our school, which inspired the game). Each player aimed to kick the can once, and once only, while forcing another player into a foul. Fouls included touching the can twice, allowing the can to pass between one's legs, or kicking the can out of the square (one could, of course, aim the can to hit someone and then bounce out of the square, for example, thus forcing a foul.) The penalty for a foul was to be subjected to kicks from all and sundry until one had exited the square.

The foul of all fouls, however, was for someone to catch the can in mid-air after one had kicked it. The penalty for this was a "Chicken Run" (ibid), where all players would gleefully line up in two parallel rows. The unfortunate offender would have to run between the entire length of the two rows while the other players had a chance to kick the hell out of them.

This was often made doubly difficult by the fact that many onlookers, who had been too scared, or apparently otherwise engaged, would suddenly appear from the furthest reaches of the playground to do their moral duty, thus extending the length of the Chicken Run beyond all reasonableness. A tactic which was sometimes used when taking a Chicken Run was to make a courageous, adrenaline-fuelled leap, attempting to long-jump one's way through the swathe of boots and legs (and, occasionally, fists) in the hope of landing at the far side unscathed. I seldom saw this succeed. c.f. Chicken Run circa. 1980's UK

Decker n. Game. Much like British Bulldog but much more violent. preferably played past a tree with extensive roots. c.f. British Bulldog circa. 2000 UK (NI)

dee-bee n. 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. circa. 1980's UK (MW)

dee-bo n. (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. circa. Jan 2000 USA (Seat.)

deefer n. School prefect. Probably mutated rhyming slang f. deefer = defect = prefect

deeks n. To see something: eg "Give us a deeks at that eh!" circa. 1990's UK (NE)

defo; double damn defo n. Abbr. of definitely. Double damn defo was an extension of defo (definitely) to indicate that it was "written in stone...". UK

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

dela n. Person displaying tendency towards insanity, crazy or uncoordinated behaviours. (Pronounced 'della') f. name of local psychiatric hospital, De La Pole Hospital. circa. 19990's

Delhi-belly n. case of the runs caused by on over indulgence of spices (such as chilli) in Indian Restaurants UK (W)

demic A Demic is a term used to describe a stupid person. Contributor says his older brother uses to call him this when he was a nipper. He thought it was just one of his words until he heard it used by someone from a different part of the city. Origin uncertain but maybe it's an Academic, who doesn't qualify for the 'Aca'! circa. 1990's UK (NE)

demon eater adj. One who swallows semen after oral sex. USA

derf n. The area where you rest your chin when you are eating out a girl. The same region as a chode on a male. Guys have chodes. Girls have derfs. c.f. chode circa. 2002 USA

Dert der der ders n. Dert der der ders were very baggy (up to 30inch) bottomed trousers worn by Northern Soul fans.'Dert der der der' refers to the beat of the up tempo 60's soul records which were played at the Wigan casino nightclub and other similar venues. circa. 1970's UK (NE)

derbrain adj. "excessively stupid person". Insult usually combined with pushing your tongue between your lower lip and teeth (as with "spazmo" etc) and making an "eeerrrrrr" sound (easier to do than describe) (ed: true... it works!) c.f. minda circa. 1970-80 UK (SW)

derbenny adj. Derbenny is interchangeable with derbrain It may have something to do with Benny of Crossroads being such a twat and thus a good thing to call someone. circa. 1978-81 UK (SW)

desert dockers n. Similiar to desert wellies. Contributor had a Religious Education teacher who used to wear nothing but sandals on his feet and hence desert dockers or Jesus boots was coined. circa. 1970's UK

desert wellies n. sandals UK (NE)

Dateless and Desperate adj. This is the name of 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'd and often attract married men looking for a quick bonk - though this is *not* the purpose.

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! circa. 1940's - onwards AUS

dess n. alternative local dialect name for "pence" in South Yorkshire, e.g. 10p = 10 dess etc. circa. 1985 - date, UK (NE)

deutz n. forgetful, stupid, idiot, dope, as in "You forgot didn't you, duetz?" USA

diamond back n. An expensive and highly desirable model of BMX bicycle circa. 1983 UK

dibber-dobber n. Someone who tells tales on you. The school chant for this sort of person was "Dibber-dobbers wear nappies" and was considered a strong defense to the threats of the class tattle-tale. circa. 1980's AUS

dibs n. Shouting this word is laying claim to something; the last cookie, the best seat, the right to go first in a game. cf. shotgun US

dibble n. The police. Members of the local constabulary are called this because of the character (Officer Dibble) out of the Hanna Barbera cartoon Top Cat. Note, the term is always in the singular form no matter how many officers are about to do whatever they are about to do. For example, "The shit hit the fans after we won against Millwall. Loads of dibble all over Rusholme. They really piled in when the Millwall firms started torching the Tandooris in Rusholme and hitting women. I saw this dibble take this Millwall knuckle-dragger* and fucking almost mashed his nose out the back of his fucking head. I was pissing me sides**."

*Knuckle-dragger = person who's physical and intellectual configuration bears a striking resemblance to that of the lower apes - i.e. most Millwall fans.
**pissing me sides = laughing rather a lot.
(ed: Milwall fans - please don't blame me - I only report the stuff...) US

dicey adj. Contrary to the usual meaning, something Dicey was something unbelievably good ("Mint"). 1970 - 80's UK (M)

dick n. penis. circa. 1800+ UK

dick balloon n. condom circa. 1990's UK

dick eye adj. Insult usually said to males by males. Imaginative offensive put down using part of male anatomy. circa. 2001 UK

dickhead n. a stupid person, or one behaving stupidly

dickup n. a shout: translates into "Attention, attention; a teacher is approaching. Extinguish your cigarettes immediately." Usually accompanied by teacher nickname, e.g. "Dick up, Crogger!" UK (SE)

dickies n. head lice cf. nits UK (NE)

dickie head n. child suffering from head lice cf. nitty nora UK (NE)

dick skinner n. The hands of someone who takes a piss but doesn't wash their hands, UK (NE)

dicksplash adj. Person of diminished intelligence or capability. e.g.applied to a person who performs an act incorrectly. cf. Joey, spazmo etc UK

dickstring adj. someone stupid and deserving of contempt. USA

dickwad, dickweed adj. Insult. Similar in use to dickead. circa. 1980's USA

diddley n. Police. circa. 1990's USA (Mass)

diddly squat n. (1) ignorance i.e. "He doesn't know diddly squat about (whatever). (2) the results of the excretion of bodily wastes whilst "squatting" i.e. piss or shit. (both meanings commonly used in the U.S.A. - which explains the use in (1))

Another contribution on usage as follows - but I don't know why? "We know that they are vital to all of mathmatics, but their pattern (if they have one) continues to elude us, although many a lifetime has benn devoted to seeking it out. If didly squat is as close to squat as makes no nevermind, we know didly squat about these building-blocks of multiplication. US

diesel adj. (1) Beer (2) Refers to somone 'tough and strong'. "He's really diesel...!" AUS, USA (Virg)

Digby adj. Peculiar to Exeter area: used in same way as "Joey Deacon", Digby was a hospital for the mentally ill (since turned into a new housing development) on the outskirts of Exeter. When it was still a hospital (with a high rate of patients wandering off and being found confused in people's back gardens), the word "Digby" was used in a similar way to "Joey" (same era) by schoolkids in the surrounding schools. c.f. Joey Deacon, spaz etc. UK (SW)

digits n. telephone numbers. e.g. "I'll call you tonight, what's your digits?"

dildo adj. Term used to berate someone for an act of stupidity - "What did you go and do that for, you dildo" used interchangeably with "div", Contributor said using this at primary school caused lots of trouble at the time - but although it was made clear that it was very rude - what one really was wasn't discovered until several years later! circa. 1990's UK (Mid)

dill-hole n. (1) male urethrta, hole in penis (2) insult (i.e. calling someone a prick) USA

dillio adj. ugly; esp of women USA

dime, dyme, dimepiece adj. Woman considered to be bautiful. Pos. corrupt. of 'dame' circa. 2000 USA

dimmock n. A person whose behaviour suggested some sort of mental imbalance. cf. mentler

ding n. a particularly stupid person, divvy cf. div UK (NE)

dingbat adj. Fool or idiot. Pos. Australian derivative of ding? circa. 1960's+ AUS

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

dingle berry n. 1) Piece of excrement that sticks stubbornly to the buttock and/or buttock hairs. 2) an excessively stupid or unpleasant person.

Dingie, v. 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!" c.f. pie circa. 1980's - current UK (Scot)

dink n. Synonym for penis or prick; common derogatory comment about someone such as "He's a dink", circa. 1960's Note: California said to have used "dick" at that time and apparently still does. USA (Minn.)

dink v. to give someone a ride on your bike along with you AUS

dinky-di adj. correct, good, favourable. c.f. dinkum AUS

dinky, dink (1) n. (2) v. 1) small, cute neat thing. Named after Dinky toys supposed to be the best of their kind. (2) to transport a second person on a bicycle, usually while the person is seated at the front of the bicycle, on the handle-bars or "side-saddle" on the cross bar. (1). UK (2) Aus.

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

dinner grannies n. 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. c.f. Casey, Dinner Ladies circa. 1980's = 90's UK (NE)

Dinosaur Egg n. A large and long lasting form of gob-stopper packaged in a box. cf. watermelon

dipping v. Selection process determining who was/wasn't 'it', prior to a game of tug/tag/whatever. The participants would put their feet in a circle and someone would point in turn whilst reciting a short rhyme, moving round the circle with each word, or syllable, depending on the rhyme or, often, the dipper's fancy. eg.

"Ip-dip cow shit
hanging on the line wind blew
shit flew
out pops...
you."

In this case, the owner of the 14th foot pointed to would be removed from the circle and the process repeated until only one was left and they were 'it'(nb. 'on the' counted for only one move, for some reason) An alternative ending was:

"..out pops...
Y.O.U.
are
it!"

There were numerous rhymes and variations, which would inevitably result in disagreements, especially in the case of the latter version of the above rhyme.

When "dipping" in school in Merthyr Tydfil in 1960's South Wales, this contributors version, and my own following, are both embarrasingly racist. But in defence, it was what we grew up with:

Enni minni minny mo
Catch a nigger by his toe
If he screams pull his tail
Send him off to Cardiff jail,

Eenny meeney miney mo
Catch a nigger by his toe
If he wriggles let him go.
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo.

As an unrelated side issue I've been given to understand that the words 'Eenni meeney miney mo' (whatever the spelling), are actually the numbers '1 - 4' of an archaic forgotten numbering system. Occasionally I make enquiries to se if the linguistic root has been established but so far with no success. If anyone has information to pass on regarding the issue I'd appreciate it. UK (NE)

dip adj. Female who appears to be getting more than their fair share of sexual attention. (2) a Female a male used to have sex with but has not got a relationship with any longer. circa. 2000 USA

dip, dipshit n. 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".

dipstick adj. daft person. Similar to divvy cf. divvy UK (NW)

dirk, derk, durk adj. Dirk was used in exactly the same was as knob is this these days, i.e. "You stupid dirk!" Used when you didn't have time or energy to pronounce all the sylables in longer more insulting words (which were probably a bit gay and not at all insulting really - well for 5-8 year olds that is) you would call them a dirk. UK (Wa)

dirk brain n. n. Extension of Dirk, used when someone has done something stupid or has been particulry slow to pick something up. Similar to Dickhead or knobhead. circa 2000 UK

dirtbag n. calling someone a dirtbag was calling them the scum of the earth

dirtbox n. the rectum, usu. as a target for a nob artist

Dirty Barry n. Insult. Often against drunks - otherwise when it feels right to use it. Can be used as "You were dead Barryed!". circa. 1990's

UK

Dirty Sanchez v. The act of giving your 'intercourse partner' a mustache made of their own feces. Contributor says this is either very sexy and erotic or disgusting and amazing. (ed: I make no comment) circa. 2000 USA

displaying v. To emphasise and/or make public, peculiarities or oddities in a persons looks, behaviour, dress sense etc. in a manner calculated to embarrass or humiliate. To 'show up'. circa. 2000's USA

diss v. To be objectionably rude. f. disrespect (main useage in black american english) circa. 1990's USA

dit adj Description of someone stupid, or who produces inappropriate responses. An airhead. circa. 1970's+ UK

ditch n. be absent from school without permission c.f. slam off, truant (play), mitch, bunk off skive off USA

Ditch Digger n. Lesbian circa. 2000 USA

ditsy n. Person usu. female who is consider scatter-brained. Airhead. circa. 1950+ USA

div, divvy, divot n. derog. An excessively stupid or unpleasant person. f. clod or divot of turf or earth

dob, dob in v. to "tell tales, report misdemenours to teachers, parents or police AUS

dobber n. (1) a glass marble of around 25mm in diameter, and so around twice the size of the more usual sized variety. (2) a condom (term popularly used in Leicester and Surrounds. 3) In the Derby area of the UK during the 50's and 60's this was the popular name for a catapult - does this suggest that the folks in Leicester were hard put to find elastic for their weapons? cf. (1) alley bomper, tenner; (2) dunky, blob circa. mid 1980's UK

dobber adj. (1) A person of questionable common sense. Example "whit'd ye dae that fur, ya fuckin' dobber!". (2) penis. circa. 1980's UK (Scot)

dobby n. (1) variation of tag/tig etc complete with "dobby-off-ground" (safe on a wall) and "dobby scarecrow" (anyone captured had to stand arms out - legs apart) (2) The house-elf that befriended Harry Potter (ed: I like Harry Potter me!) cf. tig, tag etc UK (NE)

dockers v. To claim rights to consumption of 'left over' food or drink when the original owner has had sufficient. Used as "dockers on your bifta?", "dockers on your fag?", "dockers on your ale", etc. Should be used in question form but the first few words, i.e. "Can I have.... ", is usually left off. The claim is usually finished with the word laird (which means lad). Hence user shouting "No dockers, no nothing, no greedy scavs" just before opening a packet of crisps, or whatever, to prevent people stealing them. c.f. scavs circa. 1980's - onwards UK (NW)

dode n. penis. circa. 1990's USA

dodgeball game. More or less the same as Maimball. Another version was called Dutch Cricket which was much the same, played indoors & using a tennis ball & rounders bats. circa. 1980's UK (SW)

dodgy n. 1) an act, or possession, that was of doubtful legality 2) pornographic magazines. 3) avoidable UK (M)

Dodgy Yox n. Cross-eyed. Apparantly derived from something said by the contributors father when he saw a boy called Mark Didd (formally Collen) whose eye pointed away from his gaze. Also called him Boss-eyed or Bock-eyed for a while. c.f. boss eyed USA

dods n. sweets, esp. cheap ones circa. 1960's+ UK

dog (1) n. (1) a surprisingly unattractive woman (2) Something totally poor, crap. When used round NorthWest, UK., it was rarely, if ever, used with regard to women - which is surprising. (2) circa. 1980's UK (NW), S> Afric

dog (2) v. To "dog it" was to abscond from school for the day - or however long took your fancy. A day would often begin with friends asking each other if they were "dogging" it today. Sometimes people larger than you forced you to dog it with them (just in case anyone thought they were unpopular...) Whilst doing so, you were often chased by a man from the local council education dept. (the "dogger man") who happened to have some advantage over you as you were on foot, and he was in his "dogger van". Used in West of Scotland - Lanarkshire. UK (Scot)

dog, doggy (3) v. to have sex; usually vaginal (occ. anal) but effected whilst the female is in a kneeling position. Also seen in the form "Doing it doggy fashion". UK

doggy style v. Act of sexual intercourse where a female is vaginally penetrated from the rear - usu. when she is on her knees. Has begun to be used in relation to male/ male, male/female anal intercourse with rear penetration but this is not common usage. circa. 1940's+ UK

Dogs are barking adj. To be footsore and weary. Created from rhyming slang dog meat = feet. So having yer dogs barking means your feet are shouting with pain. circa. 1930's onwards AUS

dogs bollocks n. the best, top of the range (of almost anything), e.g. "That pint was the dog's bollocks eh??" UK

dog chocolate n. dog shit cf. crumbles It circa. 1990's

dog end n. what's left of a cigarette after most has been smoked cf. fag UK (W)

dog pile n. Yelled out joyfully, this term causes any child, especially boys, to look about, see who's down, and pile on top of them. Frequently occurred in casual football games, but happend any time a person went to the ground. c.f. pile on UK

D'oh n. Expression of displeasure after an unfortunate event. Popularised by Homer from the Simpsons. circa. 1990's UK, USA, AUS

Doha Bunnies n. rats: e.g. "I just saw another Doha Bunny" f. It is actually illegal in Qatar to say the country contains rats. Qatar

doing a loony v. person taunted so much they retaliate violently cf. chuck a mental, cop the strop

doley adj. someone who's only means of subsistence is the money paid to them by the state to avoid hardship because they are unable or unwilling to work. The obvious trappings of poverty such as "clothes by Tesco", were a constant source of amusement to those children who were lucky enough to have slightly more affluent parents. Strange how they could almost always afford to smoke and drink but not buy decent food, clothes or shoes for their kids! The "Thatcher Years" were a depressing time for the British circa 1970 - 90 cf. Thatcher Years UK

dome n, v. Either the top part of the head, or oral sex depending on context. circa. current UK

done v. to get "done" means to be told of or chastised for some wrong-doing, e.g. "I got done for pulling her hair!" circa. 1980's UK (NE)

donkey n. An excessively stupid or unpleasant person.

Donald Duck rhyme.
Donald Duck did some muck
On the kitchen floor.
Daisy Duck licked it up
And Donald did some more.
circa. 1980's UK (Mid)

donk adj. Idiot, usually large in size and very clumsy. The funnyness incurred stems from the onomatopoeiac quality of the word donk and relation to the word donkey. Can be said repeatedly in a low voice for extra funnyness "DONK DONK DONK DONK" (ed: which is actually funnier in practice than in print) circa. 1990's UK

donkey punch n. Contributor said this is used when you're having sex and you're at the peak, and you punch the girl either in the ribs or the back of the head so they clamp down harder, "everyone" says this (ed: I told this to my wife - she if I try it - I'm dead)

Don Louie adj. Don Louie was apparantly a notorious homosexual. Contributor says he would allegedly give a brand new racer to any boy who consented to allow him to "bum" them. Nobody ever admitted to having taken him up on his offer, or even having gone to his shop, although whenever someone got a new bicycle they were always regarded with deep suspicion. The name of Don Louie became a synonym for predatory older homoseual men. In the boy's toilet at a local school there was a charming poem carved on the wall.

"Here I sit
About to come
. Behind me's Don Louie
Having A bum"
circa. 1960's UK (SE)

donut n. spurious bmx trick in which you got onto one tyre and bounced up and down.

doos n. female genitalia and sexual area, cunt f. Afrikaans c.f. poes S. Africa

dookie n. excrement, poo, faeces, i.e. shit c.f. USA

doofus adj. an exceptionaly thick person or used as an insult for someone who has just done something particularly silly. f. USA

Doosenil (Deuce nil) n. The year 2000, 2 (deuce) and some zeros (nil). Milwaukee/Chicago hip hop terminology... USA

dope hoe n. Describes a prostitute paid for sex with drugs (usu. marijuana or cocaine). Children use it as an insult to someone, "Shut up Darcy, your such a dope hoe". circa. 1990's USA

dopper n. person of diminished intelligence, i.e. div, cretin. circa. 1982 - 87 UK (SE)

dork n. (1) Penis. (2) An excessively stupid or irritating person (often to be found wearing an cougule (anorak) and found at the end of platforms noting down the serial numbers of trains).

dose n. 1). an exceptionaly thick person or used as an insult for someone who has just done something particularly daft: e.g."You dose!" 2). venereal disease (sexually transmitted infection), most often used with 'clap' as in "I wouldn't screw her - I heard she's had a dose of clap...!" (ed: trouble was back in the 60's that most kids had NO idea either what VD really was or what a problem "the clap" could be so went ahead anyway. Kids are more enlightened today - aren't they??) UK

doss v. n. (1) Do nothing or as little as possible during a lesson (2) An easy task. "General Studies is a right doss!" (3) The end of a cigarette that has been smoked, usu. by an older or richer boy or girl. "save us a doss."

doss bag n. an exceptionaly lazy person

douche bag n. an unattractive or offensive person, cf. named after the device females use to clean their vaginas after sexual intercourse.

double bass adj. A sexual position in which the man enters the woman from behind, and then fiddles with the woman's nipples with one hand and her Budgie's Tongue with the other. The position is similar to that used when playing a double bass instrument, but the sound produced is slightly different. c.f. budgie's tongue AUS

double click ... (your mouse...) n. techno influenced word for female masturbation Aus

double dutch n. (1) variation on skipping rope in which two turners held two ropes flying in opposite directions for one or more jumpers. Rhymes were generally sung and occasionally required the jumpers to perform various tasks as they were jumping, such as touching their toes, turning around, running in or out of the ropes, etc. Generally more common in lower-class and inner cities, almost never played by boys. Some minor recognition as a sport in the late 1980's (2) UK term to describe someone whose spoken or written comments are complete non-sensical gibberish. e.g. "You are talking Double Dutch !", circa. 1980's (1) US (2) UK

Doug n. Alone. Generated from a kid who's nickname was Doug - and had no friends. He was so notorious that it soon passed into common usage, as in 'He's on his doug', 'Don't go on your doug, wait for me' and 'He's been douged'. has also come to mean someone is scruffily dressed and acts like a general tramp. circa. 1994 onwards UK (Wa)

Dougie, Duggie adj. Exceptionally thick person. Interchangable with spacker/ spanner, but perhaps slightly less offensive. circa. 1980's UL (NE)

Down by the River game. This hand game has been popular in the U.S. for at least a couple of generations. These versions of it were found in Tennessee:

It was played in a circle. Everyone would stand so that your right hand was on top of someone elses, and your left hand was below the next person's. Every beat of the song you slapped the person's hand on your left. On "BOO" if your hand was slapped, you were out of the circle. If the person missed, and slapped their own hand, however, then THEY were out. When the last two people were in the game, they could have a championship match in the same exact way or they could have a thumb war.

Down by the river side the hanky panky
Where the bullfrog jumps from bank to bank you say
A-E-I-O-U Bam, BOO!
OR
Ace, ees, Ice, Ous, Oos, Bam BOO!

circa. 1930's - current USA (Tenn)

Down in the valley... song This oddly unsympathetic little ditty has been sent in as the "Oak Park School Camp Song", but I'm sure the original title is "Down in the valley" etc:

Down in the valley where I laid her down.
The first time I met her I met her in pink, all in pink all in pink.
She made my finger stink.
Down in the valley where I laid her down.

The next time I met her I met her in white, all in white all in white.
I shagged her all that night.
Down in the valley where I laid her down.

The next time I met her I met her in green, all in green all in green.
She said the doctors been.
Down in the valley where I laid her down.

The next time I met her I met her in blue, all in blue all in blue.
She said the twins were due.
Down in the valley where I laid her down.

The next time I met her I met her in red, all in red all in red.
She said the twins were dead.
Down in the valley where I laid her down.

The next time I met her I met her check, all in check all in check.
I’ll break her fucking neck.
Down in the valley where I laid her down.

The next time I met her I met her in black, all in black all in black.
I want my money back.
Down in the valley where I laid her down.

circa. current UK

drainpipe trousers adj. These trousers were extremely tight and because people back in the 1950's were undernourished and scrawny looking after WW2, they seemed to look as if the wearer had their legs in tubes of cloth (not denim!). The people most likely to be seen wearing these were 'Teddy Boys', and those who wanted to appear 'hard' circa. 1950 - 60's UK

drive n. generic title for anyone who drives for a living, (i.e taxi, bus driver etc) e.g. "Cheers drive" when disembarking. UK (Wa)

Drain the main vein v. to urinate in a particularly speedy manner (probably to avoid being caught doing it in a public place), e.g.in a shop doorway or telephone box on the way home fromthe pub. circa. 1940's to date AUS

Dresser This was a supposed football hooligan gang in mid 80's Newcastle that may pupils aspired to belong to. Similar to the 'Casuals' of Edinburgh, although no direct evidence that they ever actually existed and therefore may have been purely imaginary. However, being denoted a dresser was one of the highest accolades a playground thug could achieve.

The attire of an aspirant dresser consisted of: Farrah 'dress pants', black flecked with red and yellow; pastel shaded LaCoste polo shirt; coloured 'sea-sider' deck shoes; and Barber waxed jacket. On school days the LaCoste would have to be substituted for a white nylon job with the tie done up in as big a knot as possible, rather like some plebian cravat. The look is best described as a proto-Alan Partridge effect. circa. 1980's UK (Scot)

drongo adj. fool, simpleton, slow learner, "hopeless case" circa. 1940's to date AUS

droopy n. abbr. droopy satchel (qv.)

Drop off the Cosby Kids at the pool v. To defecate. circa. 1990's USA

dropping bottom n. Driving around with the bass on the audio system set at a vibration level liable to cause permanent damage to hearing and possibly other internal organs. Or to put it another way, "Yo dude just chillin round town dropping bottom. To elucidate, "dropping bottom" is dumping extreme amounts of low frequencies into the stratosphere. i.e. big subwoofers in a automobile. circa. 1990's USA

drop the kids off v. defecate cf. clip a steamer, release the hounds. USA

DT n. detention circa. 1990's UK (SW)

dubs n. Rims on car.

Still no cluse what a 'rim' is but we got the following extra info.:

"She put 20 inch DUBS on her 2002 Lincoln Navigator last week. Custom 20 inch rims (or bigger). Really wide rims. The slang word originated from American Hip Hop culture (1999 or later). Common on Lowriders, SUV's, trucks and expensive sports cars.

(ed: so I still no real clue what a 'rim' is. Is it the same as a hub cap?). circa. 1990's USA

duck adj. affectionate term used from friend. e.g. "You alright duck?" f. pos abbr & mutation of cockney expression for wife - duchess. UK

ducks disease adj. to have short legs, i.e. from having one's bum too close the floor

duck-duck-goose game. All children (or whoever) sit in a circle. One person walks around the circle, tapping each individual on the head and saying "duck.". Suddenly, the person taps one person and says "goose!" and then they run around the circle. The person who received the "goose" has to jump up and chase after them.

The duck-duck-gooser must run once completely around the circle and sit down in that person's spot before the person they touched catches up and tags them. If they make it, the chaser becomes the duck-duck-gooser -- if they're tagged, they're still "it."

(ed: Thanks to Kevin Karpenske from the alt.fan.harry-potter newsgroup for the rules.) circa. current AUS, USA

dude adj, (1) general term for almost any person (2) used as 'skill' with similar response that the person who had said "dude" is promptly be told that a 'dude' was actually the arse hair of a camel. (2) c.f. skill UK

duds n. trousers

duff n. 1) rubbish, no good, useless. e.g. "That bike is SO duff!", 2) buttocks 1) UK (M) 2) USA

duff over, duff up v. to beat up. e.g. "let's duff him over" UK

(up the... ) duff n. pregnant UK (Wa

duh-brain n. somebody particularly stupid in a joey type style

dullard n. Not really slang but often used as such by the unknowing. Refers to one who is a little 'slow' of thought, i.e. particularly stupid in a 'joey' way. c.f. Joey UK

dullion, dul-yon n. Used as an exclamation upon executing a particularly violent and/or effective and/or demonstrative act on another,mostly unsuspecting person or upon seeing such an act perpetrated on a third party.

For example; third year,dinner hall,St.Ninians' High School Giffnock. Stephen Brown (or 'Broono') scones Kenneth Baird (or 'Buffer') with a lunch tray full square on the back producing a dull sound usually associated with slapping the side of an empty oil drum. As Buffer collapsed into a heap amongst the slops Broono roared, "That was a fuckin' dullion!" and was answered with cries from the attendant muckers of "Fuckin' dullion man!" (ed: many thanks to Chris Diamond for this and other contributions.) c.f. scones

dumbfuck, dumfuk, dum-fuck n. Person considered by peers to be unintelligent, stupid. circa. 1950's+ USA

dumbum adj. person acting stupidly cf. smelly belly circa. 1987 UK (NE)

dump n. 1) defecate, 2) quickly rid onself of a partner not longer desired 3) a really scruffy and untidy place, e.g. a normal boys bedroom (2) cf. flick, chuck (1) US (2) UK

dumps n. Glaswegian version of the Bumps (birthday celebration) involving back-punching and bum-kneeing cf. bumps UK (Sc)

dunga adj. useless, worthless, e.g. "What a Dunga car, a real heap of shit!!" AUS

dungeons n. Game played at certain north western schools in Melbourne, Australia where there would be two teams, a boy's team and a girl's team. What would happen was one team would run away, and the other team would try to catch them and then drag them back to the 'dungeon'. Once they were at the dungeon they couldn't run away unless they were tagged by someone who hadn't been caught. Teachers banned the game 'Dungeons', so they changed the name to 'Whiskey'..... and kept playing., AUS

dung trumpet n. Anus, or bum 'ole. Used for example as "Right up the dung trumpet" (with heavy emphasis on the word 'right'). circa. 1990's UK

dunky n. condom cf. blob, dobber (2) UK (Wa)

dunny n. toilet (originally outside but now any): e.g. the classic "Aussie curse", i.e. "may your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down!"

There is an ongoing theme in Austrlain urban mythology about the redback spider that hides under the toilet seat and leaps out to bite yer bum (or worse) when you go to satisfy natures urges..

In fact this is based on reality in 'the old days' few homes had indoor plumbing and most used outdoor dunny's a la Shrek (basically just holes in the ground with an improvised seat over it.

Redback spiders like dark moist conditions which the dunny provided, and the crap attracted flies which of course was an ideal food supply. Therefore the old style dunny was an ideal place for these things to live. You won't find them indoors often though so using the loo in Australia isn't often a dangerous experience - often. Aus

dunshine ph. Affectionate greeting term. Used as "G'day dunshine, how's it goin'?" Replacement for mate, buddy etc. Generated from mixture of Aussie 'sunshine' and New York thug slang 'dun', both of which mean mate, buddy etc. circa. 2002 AUS (Qld)

dustbin kid n. derog. a handicapped person, flid f. rhyming slang Dustbin Lid cf. flid UK (SE)

dustpatch v. & amp; n. to press the sole of your shoe against the black trousers of your mate, thus leaving behind a perfect dusty footprint. cf. truprint UK

dutch n. A blunt that is emptied and refilled with weed/marijuana. (ed: and what is a 'blunt'?) circa. 1990's

dutch (to go... ) n. A situation in which both partners pay a share of costs on a date. circa. 1900's+

Dutch Oven n. To fart in bed and then quickly pull the covers over your partners head. Used as "Dude, he gave me a smackin' Dutch Oven last night in the bed!". This expresion was also mentioned in the 1998 movie 'Pecker'. circa. 1990's USA

Dwab n. marijuana, circa. 1990's USA

dweeb n. a dork cf. dork (2) USA

dyke n. Lesbian. Early term coined in reference to the story of the little Dutch boy who stopped a flood by putting his finger in a leaky dyke. circa. 1960's onwards UK, USA

Dylan n. Bit of a dozy cunt. From the so named hippy rabbit in the Magic Roundabout, who was usually asleep. Used as "Wake up you fucking Dylan, we're going scrumping", circa. 1970's UK