Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

Tag used as a warning for extremely disturbing content in a work, often fanwork.

This fanfiction is tagged with "Dead Dove: Do Not Eat". I’m sensitive, so I won’t read it.

by nopseudosavailable May 15, 2019

Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

A phrase meaning "read at your own risk," originating from the TV show Arrested Development. A man takes a paper bag out of the fridge that has a note saying "dead dove, do not eat," which he opens to discover a dead dove and exclaims "I don't know what I expected."
The tag is popular in fanfiction because it allows the author to warn the reader that they're probably not going to like what's inside, and now the guilt is out of their hands.

Commenter 1: OP why did you have to kill the main character, I'm gonna be ruined for a week and it's your fault

Commenter 2: they literally tagged it dead dove: do not eat

by GrayHollows August 13, 2022

Mr. Dover

Variant of Ben Dover (bend over). Allows one to simply introduce themself as Mr. Dover. IYKYK.

"Hi. My name is Ben. That's Mr. Dover to you."

Friend: "My boss fucked me with a massive workload today. Didn't even give me a courtesy reach-around.'

Me: "Just call you Mr. Dover."

by Mr70Homers June 27, 2023

Dead Dove Moment

A reference to Arrested Development

When the title or description of a situation, video, location, or anything tells you exactly what to expect but still, you're surprised even though you definitely should have seen it coming.

Michael opens the refrigerator and sees a paper bag with "DEAD DOVE Do Not Eat" written on it. He opens the bag anyway and, there is, in fact, a dead dove inside and he says to himself, "I don't know what I expected."

Michael just had a Dead Dove Moment

by 374sqft June 23, 2012

Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, or read dove for short, is a tag often used on the popular fanfiction site Archive of our own (Ao3) to mark stories that have sensitive or disturbing content listed in the other tags.

"That story has Dead Dove: Do Not Eat tagged. I'd rather not be scarred for life, so I'll leave it alone"

by CrowTheWatcher May 23, 2022

Dovers

An extremely bad case of Diarrhea, leaving you bed ridden and delirious with fever.

Keith can't make it to work, he's got a really bad case of the Dovers.

by MrGingerTea December 1, 2010

dover ohio

A middle sized town full of snobs and strippers. Eventually to be called little Mexico, we have more cocaine and hookers with a side of gonorrhea than Scarface knows what to do with. So if you wanna drive your dads truck or his Honda, then listen to luke Byran. Then little Mexico is for you. We have more high class white trash than the welfare office knows what to do with. Swear to God. Don't forget to act like a badass.

Hey let's head on home to Dover ohio eyyy. I'm jump the wall and go back to Dover ohio. I'm gonna bend dover

by Thetruthasushouldseeit May 27, 2017