Slang to English letter D

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Dab Hand
 Expert or adroit person (Everybody)
'He's a dab hand at repairing clocks'
Daft apath
 Silly person (Yorkshire)
'You're as much use as a chocolate teapot you Daft Apath'
Dago
 A Spanish, Italian or Portuguese person (Everybody)
Damage
 Cost, price (Everybody)
'What's the damage mate?'
Dappy
 Silly, disorganised, lacking concentration. (Street slang)
Dead Cert
 Something that almost certain to happen (Everybody)
'My horse is a dead cert in the next race.'
Dead Meat
 Person who is very likely to get beaten up (Everybody)
'The way John's carrying on with Mick's girlfriend - he's dead meat.'
Debag
 To remove another person's trousers (bags) (Public school)
'Jonquil got a debagging in the dormitory'
Deep Joy
 Sarcastic expression indicating tedium, ennui, or anything bad (Everybody)
'Got my first exam tomorrow - deep joy!'
Dekko
 A look; a quick look (London)
'Take a dekko at my car, something's wrong with it.'
Delhi Belly
 Stomach illness, especially after eating a bad curry, or visiting India (Everybody)
Desmond
 A 2-2 degree result (School)
'I got a Desmond in History'
Dicksplash
 Stupid or annoying person. (Everybody)
Dicky
 Unwell; not working quite properly (London)
'I'm not coming out today. I feel dicky. '
Diddle
 To con, rip-off (Everybody)
'He's just diddled me out of ten pounds!'
Diddly Squat
 Nothing (Everybody)
Digital Detox
 A period of time away from phones, computers, Facebook, Twitter etc (Everybody)
Digs
 A home, especially very cheap/temporary rented accomodation (Everybody)
'Come back to my digs for a party!'
Dimbo
 Stupid person (Everybody)
Dipstick
 Daft, silly person (London)
'Rodney, you dipstick!'
Dirty Stop-Out
 Person who stays out overnight having sex with another (Everybody)
Dirty Weekend
 A weekend away for a couple, especially involving sex (Everybody)
Dish
 Attractive man (Polari)
Dishy
 Attractive, good-looking (Everybody)
Divorced His Ankles and Married His Knees
 Trousers that are too short. (Everybody)
Divvy
 Stupid (Everybody)
'You divvy idiot'
Dizzy
 Silly, foolish (Polari)
Do
 Party (Street slang)
'We're having a bit of a do this weekend.'
Do One
 To go away (Manchester)
'Do one, will you? '
Do the Franky's
 Leave (Don't know)
'It's time to do the Franky's.'
Do Your Nut
 Get extremely angry, go crazy (Everybody)
'Your dad's gonna do his nut when he sees this mess.'
Doddle
 Very easy. (Everybody)
Dodgy
 Suspicious. Broken or nearly broken. (Everybody)
'My car's got dodgy brakes.'
Does What it Says on the Tin
 Something that does exactly what it is supposed to (Everybody)
Dog
 Ugly woman or girl (Everybody)
Dog and Bone

Alternatives 		Phone (Cockney)
Dog Off
 To annoy (London)
'Where's that funny noise coming from? It's really dogging me off!'
Dog’s Bollocks
 Very good, superb (Everybody)
'Wow that curry was the dog's bollocks'
Dog’s Dinner
 A mess (Everybody)
'What you look like? A right dog's dinner that's what!'
Dogging
 To have sex in a public place with strangers (Everybody)
'There's a lay-by on the A24 where the dogging goes on every weekend.'
Doll
 Girl (Don't know)
Dolly
 Pretty, nice or attractive (Polari)
donkey
 Stupid (Street slang)
Dosh
 Money (Everybody)
'How much dosh did that car cost ya?'
Dosser
 A homeless person (Everybody)
Douche Bag
 General insult (Street slang)
Dough
 Money (Everybody)
'How much dough have you got on you?'
Dozy
 Silly, stupid (Everybody)
'You dozy prat.'
Drag
 Clothes, especially women's clothing (Polari)
Draw a Line Under It
 To bring a situation to a close. (Everybody)
'Andrew Mitchell should be allowed to draw a line under it and move on'
Dreckly
 Some unspecified time in the future (Cornwall)
'I'll do that washing up Dreckly'
Droog
 To walk, especially walk slowly (Everybody)
'Let's go for a droog around the shops'
Drop a Clanger
 To make a mistake, especially a large mistake (Everybody)
Drop One
 To fart (Everybody)
'Euww, who's dropped one?'
Drop the Kids Off at the Pool
 Defecate (Everybody)
'I won't be a minute, I just gotta Drop the Kids Off at the Pool'
Drop Your Guts
 To fart (Everybody)
'Aw, who's dropped their guts?'
Dross
 Anything very bad; rubbish (Everybody)
drum
 House or home (Everybody)
'See you later at my drum'
Ducks
 General term of endearment, used amongst friends and strangers alike (Midlands)
'That'll be £4.39 please ducks'
Duff
 Not very good; not working (Everybody)
'I don't know if your washing machine can be repaired madam, the motor looks duff to me.'
Dump
 To defecate (Everybody)
'Just going off to take a dump'
Dunkirk Spirit
 Indefatigability, strength in adversity (Everybody)
'Half our firm have been made redundant. But we've still got the Dunkirk Spirit'
Dylan
 Stupid or annoying person (School)
'Stop flicking paper at me you Dylan!'

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