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Dandere, oftenly confused with kuudere, is a common anime trope used to describe people who are often quiet and extremely shy towards people they like. Despite this, once they do start to conversate (usually awkwardly) with the one they admire, they become more open and less shy.
The reason this is confused with the definition kuudere is because both tropes hardly talk, and occasionally show their more open side. A kuudere is someone who is often emotionless and clueless, but will sometimes show their loving and kind/sympathetic side.

A character that is a dandere: Hinata Hyuga from Naruto.
A character that is a kuudere, not a dandere: Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats!
dude: "ahahaa, *insert name here* is such a dandere. she hardly talks but she's for some reason really nice and open to me. rarely, though."

dude 2: "man, you are so lucky."
Dandere by iiToxicMinded November 28, 2016
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hooded dangler 

n. an impressive flaccid dong with ample foreskin.
“Have you ever seen a hooded dangler up close?”
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Louisiana Crab Dangler 

A sexual position in which someone performs oral sex on their partner while doing an upside down backwards crab-walk across the floor.
Dude, she gave me Louisiana Crab Dangler the whole way from the kitchen to the bedroom.
Louisiana Crab Dangler by xvampirousx September 25, 2008

Ham Danglers 

A woman's lady bits.
"That bird I nailed had wicked ham danglers."
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Dandy Dangler

That otherwise dandy boy that enjoys walking around a men's locker room completely disrobed after showering. The Dandy Dangler type enjoy shaving, blow drying their hair and even introducing themselves and conducting conversations with others while completely naked.
Jeff: Back in a minute Broohhhh! Gotta run to the locker room and take a piss.
John: Ok Brahhhh! Watch out for that Ron guy that comes here. I saw him go in the locker room about 10 minutes ago.
Jeff: Great. That dude's a Dandy Dangler. He was chatting me up good the other day and I got no time for a sausage party in there.
Dandy Dangler by Eaton Holgoode March 13, 2015
Are you going for a dander
dander by Belfastirish July 3, 2005
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