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Chicago dibs

It's a old school tradition of after a blizzard/snowstorm that you shovel out your parking space and place a used piece of furniture or chair that half busted or broken.
Man I just shoveled out my parking space & put my old sofa to hold my spot down. Damm kid that's "chicago dibs" son...
by Drip TCK crew Chicago December 15, 2016
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The International Dibs act of 1866 was ratified by 36 countries, including the United States of America, Mexico, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, and England. This act entitles the first representative of any country or individual or individual group to call “Dibs” (from the Latin ‘Dibimus’ meaning ‘to call ownership before others’) on any unclaimed item or position that has been set before the representative. It is essential to the act that “Dibs” is claimed, and without claiming “Dibs” one may not enact the International Dibs act of 1866
German Representative: “My fellow representatives; my country offers forward 189 Liters of beer to good will”
French Representative: “Nous le voulons!”
American Representative: “ I call “Dibs” based on the ‘International Dibs Act of 1866’...thank you for your 50 gallon donation”
French representative: “Merde!”
by GrantVE January 27, 2018
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Counter dibs shield

A counter dibs shield is a defensive word to counter the attack of a counter dib, therefore, canceling out the counter dib.

(The counter dib shield does not have to be explicitly recited as "counter dib shield", it can also be recited as simply "counter dibs" at the same time someone else is calling a counter dib by saying the same thing.)
Peter: Dibs on the TV!

*At the same time:*
Steve: Counter dibs!
Peter: Counter dibs shield!

Steve: Awh drat!
by PeetRRRR August 28, 2022
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Counter counter dibs

It's just like a counter dibs, but it works on counter dibs, whereas counter dibs only works on dibs.
Joey: Dibs on that last slice of pizza!
Richard: Hell no, counter dibs!
Joey: Counter counter dibs! Now it's mine again!
Richard: :(
by Ross Frye May 13, 2015
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D'Artagnan dibs

The act of calling dibs on something you have little to no right calling dibs on.

(This is a reference to Season 2 of the 2014 TV series The Musketeers.)
"Even though i didn't chip in, and already ate more then everyone else, I call D'Artagnan dibs on the last slice of pizza."
by KnightOfCerberus May 24, 2016
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By law of dibs

it is the true laws of all that is dibbed and is absolute
by law of dibs the phone is mine.
by BurgerBoss March 26, 2022
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Double Dibs

Calling dibs on something and thereby forfeiting it because the caller already had dibs.
"I get to drive the stretch from calgary to vancouver, dibs!"

But the caller had already had dibs on it from a previous time. Revoking the dibs on the "Double Dibs" policy
by Tellah3 September 25, 2010
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