Dive bar 

A well-worn, unglamorous bar, often serving a cheap, simple selection of drinks to a regular clientele.

The term can describe anything from a comfortable-but-basic neighborhood pub to the nastiest swill-slinging hole.

You don't need to dress up; we're just going to the dive bar down the street.

Man, that place is such a dive bar... Don't go in unless you plan to burn your clothes afterwards.

Dive bar by Ella Kushan September 1, 2005

Dive Bar 

Home.

I tried to take my date somewhere nice, and that's when I realized I only know dive bars.

Dive Bar by FrankyLittle February 22, 2017

Dive bar 

This place is going to be stinky and lame. You don't come here for the drinks, you come here to eliminate sobriety. All of the regulars there have a smoker's voice and a hard look to them. If you try to go there dressed nicely, you will get stared at and singled out. Wear shoes that you wouldn't mind squashing some roaches in.

Dude you smell like PBR, where'd you go last night?

I went to that dive bar in our town that your mom usually goes to.

Dive bar by Marie P. October 30, 2010

dive bar 

A scummy bar whose patrons are primarily on the prowl for a one night stand

I'm pretty desperate for some action bro, I think I'm gonna hit up a dive bar tonight and hope for the best.

dive bar by fartonQ May 31, 2010

Dive bar 

A bar that is sleazy, poorly maintained and in overall bad shape

The "High Noon Saloon" is a real dive bar. Whenever it rains, you're bound to be ankle-deep in wastewater.

Dive bar by FatElvis May 16, 2004

Dive Bar Yuppie 

Dive Bar Yuppie
(noun)

1. A young(ish) professional who spends their weekdays in sweat pants and dress shirts on zoom. Starting their weekends with yoga, they blow their paycheck by last call, yapping about how the happy hour used to be $5. Full of questionable 2000s music decisions.

2. Someone who can name three types of mezcal but still orders a PBR without irony, because she says she likes the way it tastes while wearing a Beachcomber blue ribbon sweatshirt.

3. The kind of person who shows up to a dive bar in loafers, tips well, and will 100% talk your ear off about ai, the roman empire, aliens, or the latest Huberman episode about skipping.

Synonyms:
Hipster-adjacent, Finance bro with feelings, Indie corporate.

See also:
Craft beer snob, Cool coworker, The only one in the dive bar wearing a blazer

“Dan just got promoted at his marketing job and celebrated with picklebacks at The Rusty Tap—classic dive bar yuppie move.”

Dive Bar Yuppie by Dive Bar Yuppie April 2, 2025

Dive Bar Yuppie 

Dive Bar Yuppie
(noun)

1. A young(ish) professional who spends their weekdays in sweat pants and dress shirts on zoom. Starting their weekends with yoga, they blow their paycheck by last call, yapping about how the happy hour used to be $5. Full of questionable 2000s music decisions.

2. Someone who can name three types of mezcal but still orders a PBR without irony, because she says she likes the way it tastes while wearing a Beachcomber blue ribbon sweatshirt.

3. The kind of person who shows up to a dive bar in loafers, tips well, and will 100% talk your ear off about ai, the roman empire, aliens, or the latest Huberman episode about skipping.

Synonyms:
Hipster-adjacent, Finance bro with feelings, Indie corporate.

See also:
Craft beer snob, Cool coworker, The only one in the dive bar wearing a blazer

“Dan just got promoted at his marketing job and celebrated with picklebacks at The Rusty Tap—classic dive bar yuppie move.”

Dive Bar Yuppie by Dive Bar Yuppie April 3, 2025