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Stands for Delirium Tremors which is a withdrawl symptom of alcohol. The word, however is also used to describe the withdrawl symptoms of many drugs. Especially relating to morphine based drugs.
Hey bro, I need to get on again man, these DT's have got me feeling like shit. I've had the shivers all morning.
DT's by Frankovich June 30, 2007
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Dick Togs. A form of swimming underwear, used mainly for sporting reasons or by really old seedy men at the beach.
Guy: "Man, those old guys wearing DT's should be arrested for indecent exposure"
DT's by Menztrual September 17, 2011
Drunk Texting, similar to Drunk Dialing only with text message. Unlike Delirium tremens which only hurts the drinker, this affects more that one person. Something you will probably regret and never comes off as smooth as you intended.
Jim had the DT's last night, I finally had to turn my phone off.
DT's by Stus April 3, 2008
The weird phenomena where black people turn the use of D into sounding like a T and MAGA morons make their T sound like a D.
LaFawnda kept screaming "oh my got" when they pulled her out of her car after catching her shoplifting a bag of makeup from Ulta. Looks like she had a case of the DT's

That Marjorie Taylor Green kept saying she had something "impordant" to talk about? I'm not sure what the hell she's talking about? Maybe she has the DT's?
DT's by studio1117 October 4, 2025
A rapid onset of confusion and physical symptoms such as shaking, shivering, irregular heart rate and sweating, brought on by learning of the latest hateful, bigoted, and moronic thing that Donald Trump has done.
After seeing Trump use a racial slur on national TV while supposedly “Honoring” indigenous Americans in front of a portrait of Andrew “Indian Killer” Jackson, I had a rapid onset of the DT’s.
DT’s by FaceJay November 30, 2017
Man, I got the best head last night. She gave me that DT&S.
dt&s by dtsblahblah March 3, 2019
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trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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