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doylem

/ˈdɔɪləm/

doylem noun: a stupid person; an idiot.

Noun

doylem (plural doylems)

  1. (Geordie, Mackem, Yorkshire, derogatory, slang) A stupid person; an idiot.
    • "Ye're a bloody doylem, you are, ye daft southe'n twat! C'mon, Sally, walk on". Sally looked up at him, then at me, and sat down again, craning her head forward between my arms, and sniffing. Pierre's game was *much* more interesting than walking with Donald. It had muck, and dirt, and some *very*...1994 September 20, Bob Another beer, please Christ, “Dog story...”, in rec.pets.dogs (Usenet)
    • We shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but he was a bit of a doylem.1996, Stuart Pawson, The Judas Sheep, London: Headline Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 28

Examples of doylem in a sentence

  • "Ye're a bloody doylem, you are, ye daft southe'n twat!1994 September 20, Bob Another beer, please Christ, “Dog story...”, in rec.pets.dogs (Usenet):
  • The end of another crap gig: we'd played great music — badly — to the usual drunken doylems in a well-strafed WMC.2001, Bill Broady, “The Tale of the Golden Bath-Taps”, in In This Block There Lives a Slag...and Other Yorkshire Fables, London: Flamingo...

Synonyms of doylem

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Forms of doylem

pluraldoylems
alternative formdoilem
alternative formdoylum

Origin of doylem

Uncertain; Yaron Matras includes the term in his dictionary of Angloromani, connecting it to Romani dinilo (“a fool”) and Yiddish גולם (goylem, “a fool”). Alternatively, related to the older dialectal term doychle (“a stupid person”). Possibly also connected to doy (a disdainful indication that something is obvious).

Questions about doylem

What does doylem mean?
Doylem means a stupid person; an idiot.
How do you use doylem in a sentence?
"Ye're a bloody doylem, you are, ye daft southe'n twat!
What part of speech is doylem?
Doylem is a noun.
How do you pronounce doylem?
Doylem is pronounced /ˈdɔɪləm/.
What is the plural of doylem?
The plural of doylem is doylems.

Words near doylem in the dictionary

  1. doyennes
  2. doyens
  3. Doyle
  4. Doylean
  5. doyleite
  6. doylem
  7. doylems
  8. Doyles
  9. Doyles Creek
  10. Doyles River
  11. Doylestown

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