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Short for "Them", often used in txting and rap music
"we betta warn dem"
"we better warn them"
Dem by Anonymous August 28, 2003
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slang for 'them', while 'them' actually is used as synonym for 'those'.
check dem chicks
check them chicks
check those chicks
Dem by me1338 November 7, 2011
This is how black people say "them".
"Let dem ho's fight."

"Fa sho."
Dem by Hollaback1212 January 27, 2009
Shortened for deus ex machina, a term used to describe sudden plot twists in works of anime, movies, and other stories, normally involving a hero's fight against a villain, and favoring the hero, allowing him to win by otherwise unused methods within that fight.
DEM normally involves the hero getting beaten to a pulp until somehow ascends in power and uses that to destroy the villain in a matter of one or two hits.
DEM by Durango November 2, 2007
short for "them" people are to lazy for them
eyo look at dem ugly ass hos comin here
dem by Anth v May 12, 2007
Some black dude that hangs around with girls, he's also a bit of a poof.
That boys a bit of a Dem
Dem by Thekingggg69 March 8, 2017
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