diffy
the Differential Equations class and subject material =The speaker used this word as a much shorter and easier alternative to refer to the class entitled Differential Equations at Rice More…
dig in
To focus deeper on or work harder for something. =I heard this term used by my tennis coach whenever someone on the team got lazy during a match or during practice. Obviously the term More…
digerati
Those people who are the literati of the tech world. The savvy and knowledgeable users of computers and the internet. Many people have refused to accept the onset of technology; others have More…
digg
On the social bookmarking website digg.com, the act of "voting up" a story. The users at digg.com submit stories and articles which are then voted on by the rest of the community, More…
digicam
A small, compact digital camera, often in tandem with a cellular phone. Digicam is derived from the blending and clipping of digital and camera. The shortening of two words into one simple More…
Digicam
A digital camera. (This digicam has so much memory!) Digital Camera is a rather long word to say, so the two words were clipped and then blended together. Etymology : blend, formed from More…
Digiscoping
(affixation) The action of using digital devices to record videos or take pictures through binoculars or telescopes. =During birdwatching trips, most of the time the birds are sighted with More…
Digititis
A condition in which the joints on fingers are enlarged. The speaker wanted to convey a condition with which people were familiar but at the same time use a new word to make his or her More…
digits
(zero derivation) phone number =Digits, also known as numbers, came to be used as another word for phone number by the act of dialing numbers on a phone when calling someone. Likewise, in a More…
digivolve
To transform into a more powerful version of yourself. Only used in reference to Digimon. The cartoon “Digimon: Digital Monsters” began in February 1999. It is the dubbed More…
Digs
(metaphor) An insult or a snobby remark. =He always has a sly dig ready for me every time he sees me. Etymology : Perhaps a metaphor for digging under someone’s skin. =2013. After More…
Dihedral-ly
((Affixation)) (Of plane wings) Folding or bending upward =The word is a nonce word that was used in a YouTube video to refer to how the model plane wings were getting increasingly bent More…
DILF
an attractive, sexually appealing father. This acronym originates from the one used in American Pie, ‘M.I.L.F.,’ which stands for ‘Mom I’d like to f**k.” Soon More…
dilly-dally
Procrastinating; avoidance of a task by performing silly tasks. "Dilly-dally" can be considered sound symbolism because it sounds sort of like "dawdle", which has a similar meaning. To me, More…
dimajor
to have two different majors as an undergraduate reason used: colloquial change of ‘double major’ Etymology : compound di ‘two’ + major ‘specialty of More…
Dimbulb
an ignorant or unknowledgeable person. One who is not fully enlightened or knowledgeable. Interpretation of intended meaning: a stupid or dumb person. One who isn't very enlightened or More…
dime
An assist in basketball. In sports, new phrases are needed to describe the same things and saying assist over and over again gets boring. Using phrases such as dropping dimes to replace More…
dime
A beautiful or attractive woman; a hottie Slang terms for attractive women have always been common; this is just a new one, common to a specific subculture slang which now has a national More…