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dilly dally shilly shally 

An expression used to chastize someone who is wasting time, focusing on unimportant things, procratinating, or otherwise being an emo blond-haired sissy boy.

NOTE: In Square Enix straight-to-DVD GC movie sequel to Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children, dilly dally shilly shally is used as the translation to "Zuru zuru zuru zuru" in the japanese version... WTF
Dilly dally shilly shally... Cloud, you need to save the kids before their eyes get all fucked up!

Dilly Dally Shilly Shally 

expression used by tifa in the "Advent Children" movie when talking to cloud. its japanese translation is つるつる つるつる, or tsuru tsuru tsuru tsuru. which is a japanese onomatopoeia for dragging.
'dilly dally shilly shally' is a way of telling someone to shut up and stop wasting time.
Girl: You just cant deal with anything, can you??
Guy: (some lame excuse)
Girl: Oh shut up.
Guy: (more lame excuse)
Girl: Dilly dally shilly shally!

(example by Christina S)

Dilly Dally Shilly Shally 

Some random expression used to Tifa in the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. No one is quite sure what it means, but it appears she says it in uncomfortable situations, much like "I don't wanna talk about it!"
Girl: You just cant deal with anything, can you??
Guy: (some lame excuse)
Girl: Oh shut up.
Guy: (more lame excuse)
Girl: Dilly dally shilly shally!

Shilly shallying 

The act of the vagina lips rubbing together and creating a slight crackle sound, or the vagina lips looking and behaving like a clam. this usually only occurs in very dry and crusty vaginas.
Heather's vagina lips are so crusty, you can hear her vagina shilly shallying when she's walking to class!

Shilly Shallying 

The act of vagina lips rubbing together and creating a slight crackle sound, or the vaginal lips looking or behaving like a clam. This usually only occurs in very dry and crusty vaginas.
Heather's vagina lips are so crusty, you can hear her vagina shilly shallying when she's walking to class!
Shilly Shallying by The centipede? December 14, 2015
A casual greeting local to the Ventura, CA area, 'Shally' can be used otherwise as an expression of admiration, joy or occasionally light flirtation.

Pronounced Shall-ee, with the stress on the second syllable, when spoken the speaker often adopts a winking, card-games-and-cocktails like tone.

Shally rose to prominence in 2019 featuring in several viral Tik Took videos - however its original genesis is believed to come from a contraction of the name of beloved Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee. Other possible origins include the Hindi word for 'surgical' ('shaly') and the mispronunciation of the French word for a luxury mountain hut.
*Phone rings*
"Shally."
Shally by NounsAreGood January 3, 2020
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