dag
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9.9
A dirty matted piece of wool on a sheep or, in Australian slang, a funny not fashionable person
- noun
- Offensive
:
mechón de lana apelmazada
- I gave it up because, at heart, I'm just too much of a dag.
Examples
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He's always wearing such unusual clothes that everyone considers him a dag.
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That are your dags, dude, That are your dags.
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Despite his awkwardness, we all love him because he is a lovable dag.
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She laughed at the way he danced, calling him a total dag.
How Unfashionable
dag
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9.9
- Offensive
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9.9
dresser
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3.9
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3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dag for sheep originally meant a piece of tangled or dirty wool hanging from the sheep, and a helpful way to remember the slang is to picture that scruffy wool. In Australia and New Zealand, people used that image to call someone a dag when they are a bit funny, messy, or unfashionable.