Damn Daniel, with a simple translation, means "hey, your cool", or makes one of your friends the center of attention. The popular phrase stems from a viral video staring a teen, and his narrator friend saying "damn Daniel" in relation to his shoes. When Daniel wears white vans, the narrator willsay "damn Daniel, back at it again with the white vans". The video has been likened to the viral video "Charlie", staring unicorns. The phrase is not negative, but has no real meaning other than it referring to something hilarious a person is wearing or doing, or referring to the video.
Sara: Damn Daniel!
Lily: back at it again with those white vans, huh?
Matt: what? There just shoes. I wear shoes like these everyday.
Sophia: exactly, Daniel. Damn, back at it with those white vans!
Matt: whatever. Let's watch the x-files.
Sara: damn Daniel-
Lily: always back at it with those x-files.
Phrase
Damn Daniel is a phrase that has risen to popularity in 2016. The phrase started from a Vine where a friend says "Damn Daniel! Back at it again with the white vans!" The phrase has now been used in real life situations so that someone can torment their friend Daniel. If your name is Daniel, prepared to get tormented for life :)