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.