Acronym standing for Do Good By Stealth. Originally part of a longer phrase “Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame” it can be found in “An Essay on Man” by Alexander Pope. What it means is to do a good deed for someone or to make a donation to charity without anyone knowing that you have done so. You do it because it’s a good thing to do and you do it in such a way that no-one finds out about it. This means that it is the total opposite of what some so-called celebrities do, namely, supporting a charity with as much self-aggrandising publicity and bullshit as possible to try to revive their non-existent careers. It’s also completely different to some mega-rich waster making a huge donation to charity as a status symbol. DGBS is done in a way that avoids recognition, so it is an end in itself, and what is gained is self-respect.
For real self-respect, DGBS.
by AKACroatalin November 20, 2016
Get the DGBS mug.The word was probably first used in 1942 by J Saunders Redding, but it is possible that it was used before this. When Redding used it, he intended it to mean stay alert for injustices or discrimination. Unfortunately it is now being used as a tool to discriminate against white people, or anything else that the Chattering Classes, Snowflakes or political opportunists find unacceptable.
by AKACroatalin August 18, 2020
Get the Woke mug.English slang originating in the city of Plymouth. It means to cry falsely or attempt to cry in order to evoke sympathy. Usually practised by:
1 children under ten to gain concessions from their parents or
2 silly bitches with acute princess syndrome who didn’t get their own way.
1 children under ten to gain concessions from their parents or
2 silly bitches with acute princess syndrome who didn’t get their own way.
1 But mum everyone else is going!
Well you’re not, so stop your crinting and live with it
2 How could you possibly do this to me?
Very easily! You’re a total pain in the arse so stop your crinting an fuck off.
Well you’re not, so stop your crinting and live with it
2 How could you possibly do this to me?
Very easily! You’re a total pain in the arse so stop your crinting an fuck off.
by AKACroatalin March 06, 2019
Get the Crinting mug.An old English word meaning a corpse. It is present in a number of English place names, notably Lichfield, and can also be spelled lych or lyke; it derives from the Medieval English “lic” meaning a dead body.
by AKACroatalin November 30, 2015
Get the Lich mug.AHOYA is an acronym standing for AssHole Of the Year award. It is used to describe those people who get promotions, bonuses and the best jobs because they are the boss’s lick lick and brown nose anyone else in authority. Total Malcolms of a healish nature they are usually below average to poor performers, but their sycophancy ensures that this goes unnoticed.
by AKACroatalin March 05, 2019
Get the AHOYA mug.Literally a selfie taken by someone who is a dork. The ultimate destination for these pictures is social media and the people who take them are usually insecure, self-obsessed, self-aggrandising sad acts with no real friends. Oh dear! I think I may just have described a significant proportion of Facebook users.
by AKACroatalin April 22, 2015
Get the Dorkelfie mug.British slang dating from the mid to late nineteenth century, meaning soldiers. Soldiers were not popular at this time as Kipling’s poem Tommy shows (Barrack Room Ballads 1892). The word itself stems from expressions used by comedians in theatres and music halls to get a cheap laugh. The two that are most commonly quoted are "where the army goes the pong goes", or “when the wind blows the pong goes”, pong meaning smell. This quickly became pongoes meaning soldiers plural and pongo meaning an individual. Another possible explanation is that the soldiers were being likened to a large, hairy, smelly ape called a pongo. The expression is still in use today although not common, confined mainly to those who saw service in World War II or Korea (very few now) or who did National Service in Britain while this was still compulsory.
by AKACroatalin September 09, 2016
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