Slang words: D
942 slang and Internet words starting with D, each with its slang meaning. Trending slang
- D and GDolce and Gabbana.
- d-noteOne thousand dollars.
- d.t.'sDelirium tremens.
- D1Outstanding or extreme.
- d8Date.
- daYes; an affirmative response.
- da bellThe best; great success.
- da bombThe best; the ultimate cool thing.
- dabTo apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
- dabloonA fictional currency among certain TikTok users, earned and lost by random encounters while scrolling.
- dacentAwesome, really good.
- dachsieA dachshund.
- dadUsed to address an older adult male.
- dad bodThe slighty paunchy body type characteristic of a father; a man who has this type of body.
- dad stacheA mustache typically associated with fathers; usually thick or utilitarian.
- Dad's ArmyThe Territorial Army.
- daddyA male juvenile delinquent in a reformatory, or a male prisoner in a prison, who dominates other inmates...
- daddy hundredA batter's individual score that is substantially higher than a century (100).
- dadsplainTo offer advice as a father, especially condescending, unsolicited, or oversimplified advice.
- dadviceAdvice from a father.
- DaemyraThe ship of characters Daemon Targaryen and Rhaenyra Targaryen from Fire & Blood and its television...
- daffyGin.
- dag outTo be lazy.
- dagginessThe quality of being daggy (uncool, unfashionable).
- daggyUncool, unfashionable, but comfortably so.
- dagnastyExtremely distasteful; horrible.
- dailyA daily disposable.
- daily beaterAn item suitable to be worn on many types of occasion.
- DairThe ship of characters Dan Humphrey and Blair Waldorf of the Gossip Girl series.
- daisyA boot or other footwear.
- daisy chainA group-sex formation involving multiple partners, with the participants lying in a circle, each one...
- daisy cutterA well-struck ground ball.
- daisy rootsBoots or other footwear.
- dakkaFirepower, especially done in excess.
- DakotaverseThe fictional universe of the city of Dakota, the home of the superheroes Static Shock, Icon, etc., in comics...
- damageCost or expense.
- dameA queen.
- dammit operatorThe operator ! in the C# programming language, used to indicate to the compiler that a possibly null...
- damn and blastLast.
- DamuBlood (a member of the Los Angeles gang the Bloods).
- dancing juiceSynonym of laughing juice (“alcoholic drink”).
- danderPassion, temper, anger. Usually preceded by "have" or "get" and followed by "up".
- dandereA character archetype who stays silent, not expressing their feelings.
- danger noodleA snake.
- dangleThe action of performing a move or deke with the puck in order to get past a defender or goalie; perhaps...
- dangle the DunlopsTo lower the landing gear of an aircraft in preparation for landing.
- danglebahnA suspended monorail, cable car or public transport system.
- dangliesTesticles.
- dangling linkA URL which does not point to any webpage or file; a dead link.
- danielThe buttocks.
- dankStrong, high-quality cannabis.
- dank chronicExceptionally high-quality or potent marijuana.
- dank memeAn Internet meme with a humorously tongue-in-cheek tone derived from gaudy or surreal aesthetics.
- dankieThanks.
- danmakuA form of moving subtitles used on videos posted on social media.
- Danth's LawAn adage that states that a person who insists that they have won an Internet argument has probably very...
- darbSomething beautiful, a charm, a peach.
- darbiesHandcuffs.
- dark academiaAn aesthetic popularized in the 2010s, centered on higher education, writing, the arts, and classic Greek and...
- dark academicSomeone who adopts or participates in the dark academia aesthetic.
- Dark BrandonJoe Biden (46th President of the United States), usually used by supporters of Biden to refer to the idea of...
- dark kitchenA commercial kitchen where restaurant-style meals are cooked for delivery.
- dark lightSynonym of black light (ultraviolet light).
- Dark MAGAA fringe movement advocating for a vengeful return of Trumpism.
- dark romanceA book genre featuring romantic relationships in which characters act in unethical or abusive ways.
- dark socialInteractions via the World Wide Web that cannot be publicly viewed, tracked or logged, such as private...
- dark trafficTraffic to a website that is miscategorized by analytics software because it lacks data points such as the...
- dark wokeA social media phenomenon and political strategy which combines progressive ideology with more aggressive and...
- darkest timelineThe circumstances of the present moment in history, viewed as bleak, frightening, ridiculous, or the worst of...
- darkficA fanfic which deals with disturbing situations and themes.
- DarklinaThe ship of The Darkling and Alina Starkov from Shadow and Bone.
- darknetA network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization...
- darkshipA morally problematic ship.
- darkshipperOne who supports a ship with highly immoral elements, such as abuse or incest. (cf. comshipper).
- darksidedCreepy, evil, or disturbing.
- DarloDarlington.
- dashThe dashboard of a social media user.
- dashboardThe personalized feed of a user of a website, consisting of recent updates of pages the user has used or...
- dat fellaAn unknown or unnamed person.
- data feedA mechanism for a user to receive updated data from data sources.
- data wranglingThe process of transforming and mapping data from one raw data form into another format with the intent of...
- date upTo have an affair or dalliance with (someone).
- datelessThick-headed.
- daterviewA meeting formalized with the purpose of screening a potential intimate companion reminiscing the atmosphere...
- dattebayoGood; nice.
- DavekatThe ship of characters Dave Strider and Karkat Vantas from the Homestuck series.
- dawgTerm of address for a close, usually male, friend.
- day dotA very long time ago; as far back as one can remember.
- day oneA close, longtime friend, one who has been around since the beginning.
- daycoreA plunderphonic style of music in which a song is slowed down and lowered in pitch.
- DaygoSan Diego, city in the state of California, in the United States of America.
- daylightsA person's eyes (mostly as a target in fighting).
- dayroomA person who switches up or acts fake.
- DbolThe anabolic steroid methandrostenolone, also known as Dianabol.
- DCverseThe fictional universe created by DC Comics.
- DD-cupperSomeone with DD-cup-sized breasts.
- de-extinctTo return an extinct species back into the world.
- de-extinctionThe process of returning an extinct species back into the world.
- de-GoogleTo remove all Google products and software from (something).
- de-GoogledThat has had all Google products and software removed.
- de-TrumpificationRemoving Trump from power or undoing the effects of his presidency.
- deaconTo place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden...
- deactivateTo commit suicide.
- deadDying of laughter.
- dead birdA ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter.
- dead catA shocking or sensational announcement made in order to distract one's political base from existing problems...
- dead doveA disclaimer or tag for fan fiction, particularly on Archive of Our Own, signifying that the work contains...
- dead fishA hit that travels a limited distance and then falls straight to the ground.
- dead horseTomato sauce.
- dead linkAn HTML hypertext link that points to a webpage or website that is permanently unavailable.
- dead manA bottle of alcoholic drink that has been consumed.
- dead man walkingA multivortex tornado typically appearing in the form of a human figure walking.
- dead meatSomeone in danger of being killed or severely punished.
- dead moneyChips that a player who has since folded has put into the pot.
- dead on arrivalOf a new item: received broken.
- dead presidentA piece of US paper currency.
- dead soldierAn empty container, usually a bottle or can which contained an alcoholic beverage.
- dead wife montageAn image or scene evocative of the above, generally with regard to the photogenicity of the subject, or the...
- deadassA lazy or unenergetic person.
- deadfallA cheap, rough bar or saloon.
- deadheadA zombie.
- deaditorA person who edits information related to a recent death, especially on biographical pages on wikis such as...
- deadlinkA dead link.
- deadnameA previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name.
- deadstockTo store in appropriate packaging for later.
- deadtimeThe serving of a prison sentence.
- deaf aidA presenter's earpiece through which they receive instructions from the studio.
- deafazA harsh slap to the ear which causes the target's eardrums to ring.
- deagleTo shoot with a Desert Eagle.
- dealA personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it.
- deal it outTo attack (someone); to have it out.
- deal toTo beat up (someone); to destroy, attack or defeat (someone).
- dealer's denA designated room or area at a furry convention where attendees can purchase merchandise related to the furry...
- dealyAn object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot recall.
- DeanoAn archetypal young lower middle class British man living in a newbuild housing estate, stereotyped as...
- deassTo exit or depart from (an area) rapidly.
- death capA potentially dangerous capacitor on the primary side of the power transformer in a guitar amp.
- death flagA trope suggesting to the viewer that a character will die.
- death futuresTrading life assurance policies of terminally ill people, bought by a third party as an investment.
- death kitA collection of tools or weapons used in the preparation of a homicide.
- death starA direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe...
- deathfatA morbidly obese person.
- deathficA work of fan fiction centered around the death of a character.
- debA female member of a gang.
- debagTo pull down the trousers of a person quickly by surprise, as a prank.
- debaggingAn act of pulling down the trousers of a person quickly and without consent.
- deboonkOf a deboonker, to debunk or fact-check.
- deboostTo limit or suppress the reach of (an account or post).
- decaThe anabolic steroid nandrolone decanoate.
- deceDecent; reasonably good,.
- deckA folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- deckheadDickhead.
- declareTo declare war.
- decompTo decompile (especially a video game).
- deconfirmTo confirm the absence of, particularly regarding a character and/or their lack of playable status.
- deconfirmationA confirmation of an absence, particularly regarding a character and/or their lack of playable status.
- dedA person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).
- deeA police detective.
- dee-darA person from Sheffield.
- deedworthyWorthy of having sex with.
- deefTo use diphenhydramine recreationally.
- deenerA shilling.
- deepTo think about, especially deeply (“profoundly”); to consider.
- deep linkA type of hyperlink directly pointing to content on a website, rather than its home page.
- deep linkingThe practice of linking to a specific page or file within a website so as to bypass introductory pages...
- Deep NetDeep Web.
- Deep YouTubeContent on the video-sharing site YouTube that is not widely shared or promoted.
- deep-friedOf an image, having been deliberately reduced in quality by applying many filters.
- deep-fryTo alter a photograph using filters and image compression to make it appear strangely colored for a humorous...
- deersonaA fursona that is a deer.
- deertaurA taur with the lower body of a deer.
- deetsDetails.
- deez nutsThese nuts (testicles).
- defExcellent; very good.
- defederateTo block a Fediverse server from communicating with another server.
- defendTo call a raise from the big blind.
- defenestrateTo remove a Windows operating system from (a computer).
- deflateTo belch or flatulate.
- deflockTo dismantle, destroy, or to otherwise render inoperable a security camera; especially a license plate...
- deflockerSomeone who takes part in or supports deflocking (vandalism or destruction of surveillance cameras produced...
- defunkifyTo take out of a funk; to enliven; to cheer up.
- defusionThe separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral...
- degafiateA science fiction fan who has returned to active fandom after a period of inactivity.
- degenA degenerate.
- DegoSan Diego.
- degunkificationThe process of degunkifying.
- degunkifyTo remove a blockage of dirt or grime from.
- dehostTo cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.
- deinfluenceTo post material that draws attention to the downsides of a particular product or service and may recommend...
- deinfluencerOne who deinfluences (posts material that encourages people to avoid a particular product or service, or to...
- dekThe subhead of a news story.
- dekeA quick detour.
- dekeckTo pull down the trousers of a person quickly and without consent, as a prank.
- dekeckingAn act of pulling down the trousers of a person quickly and without consent.
- dekkoA look; a glance.
- DekuJirouThe ship of characters Izuku "Deku" Midoriya and Kyouka Jirou from the My Hero Academia series.
- DekuMeliThe ship of characters Izuku "Deku" Midoriya and Melissa Shield from the My Hero Academia series.
- DekuMomoThe ship of characters Izuku "Deku" Midoriya and Momo Yaoyorozu from the My Hero Academia series.
- delebA dead celebrity, particularly one whose image is used for promoting a product.
- delebrityA dead celebrity, particularly one whose image is used for promoting a product.
- delectabubbleDelectable.
- delegate(of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a...
- DelenaThe romantic pairing of the characters Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert from the American television series...
- deleteTo defeat or dominate.
- deletedKilled or murdered.
- deliciousHaving tremendous sex appeal.
- delieTo deny and lie simultaneously.
- delinkTo discontinue meeting or maintaining social relations with, to disassociate from.
- delishDelicious.
- deloA delegate (representative).
- DeLoreanA time machine. A car that time travels.
- deltThe deltoid muscle.
- deltacronA double infection of the Delta variant and Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
- deltsThe deltoid muscles.
- deluluDelusional.
- delumptiousExtremely delicious.
- delurkTo reveal oneself, after lurking; to establish a presence on an online newsgroup, forum, etc.
- delurkerOne who delurks.
- dem(clitic, suffix) A group of.
- demiA fifty pence piece.
- demiboyOne who identifies as partially, but not completely, male.
- demigirlOne who identifies as partially, but not completely, female.
- demimanSomeone who identifies as partially, but not completely, male; an adult demiboy.
- demiwomanSomeone who identifies as partially, but not completely, female; an adult demigirl.
- demmieDemerol, especially when used as a recreational drug.
- demodTo demote (someone) from moderator status.
- demofreakA demoscene enthusiast.
- demonetizationThe act or process of demonetizing (making content ineligible to earn money).
- demonetizeTo demote (published content, or its creator) so that it is no longer eligible to earn money for its...
- demonstrationA prisoner's act of beating up another prisoner.
- demosprudenceA perspective that emphasizes ordinary people's agency to recognize rights and influence legal interpretation.
- demureModest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
- denchWell-built, muscular, attractive.
- denial of serviceA denial-of-service attack.
- denpaWorks of fiction associated with alienation from reality, society, and ordinary and typically urban life, and...
- deoffshorizationThe policy of combating the relocation of capital or business interests to offshore accounts, in foreign...
- deopTo demote (an IRC operator) from operator status.
- deoppingThe demotion of an IRC user from operator status.
- depantsTo remove the trousers from (someone), often by force or surprise as a prank.
- depeerTo remove as a peer; to cease to exchange network traffic with.
- dependency hellA situation in which installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific...
- deployment gogglesA tendency to regard people as more sexually attractive than one usually would, as a result of being deployed...
- depperOf or pertaining to the Delayed Entry Program.
- DeppheadA fan of American actor and musician Johnny Depp.
- deputinizationThe process of the removal of the influence of Vladimir Putin from politics.
- Derby KellyBelly.
- deredereAn openly love-struck character who is continuously sweet, flirtatious and affectionate towards their love...
- derefererA service used for removing the URL of the referring page that referred the user to a given page, to maintain...
- dergA dragon.
- dermGuts, entrails.
- derpTo have one's eyes pointing in different directions; to exhibit strabismus.
- DerpinaA female placeholder name, the female equivalent of derp, perhaps indicating derpiness.
- derpyFoolish, silly.
- derustTo regain one's skills at a game after not having played for a while; to reverse the process of rusting.
- deseThese.
- desert lilyA urinal improvised from a tin can (metal container).
- desired faceA reference image, celebrity, or imagined face that a user aims to resemble, typically in the context of...
- desmondA lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.
- desoA designated driver.
- despamTo remove spam (unwanted messages) from.
- despammerA person who fights against spam messages.
- despoDesperate.
- dessUnattractive, unappealing.
- DestielThe ship of characters Castiel and Dean Winchester from the television series Supernatural.
- destimTo intentionally block out overwhelming stimuli in order to avoid sensory overload.
- destinkSynonym of destinkify.
- destinkifyTo mask or remove the odor from; to deodorize.
- destroyTo sing a song extremely poorly.
- desuUsed at the end of a sentence as an assertive particle.
- detrumpificationThe removal of Donald Trump's political ideas or influence.
- detrumpifyTo subject to detrumpification.
- deuceA two-year prison sentence.
- deuce lessA sentence of two years less a day (entitling the offender to serve the sentence in a provincial institution...
- deucesPeace; goodbye (because of the associated gesture holding up two fingers).
- deviantA member of the online art community DeviantArt.
- devilAn endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- devil dogA US marine.
- devil smokeCrack cocaine.
- devil's bed-postsThe four of clubs.
- devil's bonesDice used for gambling.
- devil's dandruffCocaine.
- devil's delightA riot; a row.
- devil's dustAny type of powder or dustlike substance whose use or effect is considered to be harmful or malevolent.
- devil's footstepA barren spot of land.
- devil's handThree of a kind sixes.
- devil's herbThe herb form of cilantro/coriander.
- devil's lettuceMarijuana.
- devil's ropeBarbed wire.
- devil's teethDice used for gambling.
- devil's threesomeSexual intercourse between one woman and two men.
- devil's threewaySynonym of devil's threesome.
- devious lickThe act of vandalizing or stealing one or more items in a school; a video depicting this act or the stolen...
- devlogA diary (or blog, vlog, etc.) that updates the audience on the development progress of something, usually a...
- devoDevastated.
- devoedDevastated.
- devoiceTo remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel.
- devoteeA person (almost exclusively a man) with a sexual attraction for people with physical disabilities...
- devourSynonym of eat: to be very good at something; to slay.
- dewdropA slow pitch.
- deweyA charge of DUI.
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Slang meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word (English slang). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the words, left out vulgar and offensive ones, and linked each to its full entry. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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