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K48 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

This mysterious letter "D"

0I searched virtually everywhere: lots of English dictionaries, a dictionary of American slang, answers.com, Wikipedia, etc., but found no answer:02br
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01b00What does the letter/word "D" mean in slang or colloquial speech? 02b02br
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00"So then I dropped it in the mailbox, and sent it special D" (Elvis Presley, about a letter he sent to his lover) 02br
00"Belt buckle, money clip, coins, keys, wallet, purse, put some D's on it, run it through" (about security checks with X-ray machines in airports) 02br
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02br 00I don't know what the other fellow's 01b 01i 00D02i 02b 00s are, but if you google the phrase, you'll find a lot of instances, which include a rap song title. 02br 00 "I just put some D's (Rims) on that ***** (Cadillac) 02i 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00I don't know what the other fellow's 01b 01i 00D02i 02b 00s are, but if you google the phrase, you'll find a lot of instances, which include a rap song title.
  • 02br 00 "I just put some D's (Rims) on that ***** (Cadillac) 02i 0-
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00Well, Elvis meant '01i00Special Delivery02i00', but the use of 01b01i00D02i02b00 is not an idiom-- it is used just for the rhyme/meter of the song.02br
00I don't know what the other fellow's 01b01i00D02i02b00s are, but if you google the phrase, you'll find a lot of
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0special D as in special delivery.02br
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00I have no idea about the second one.02br
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00Cheers0-
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0D stands for dubs, dubs stands for twenty, mainly twenty inch rims. This is slang.02br
00the reference to "run it through" is a cool way to say put it into the x ray, drive it in, roll it in.0-
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