Recurring alphabet thread

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Duffed up {received a severe beating}

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Duff {Up the duff, pregnant}

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Dirigisme

Indonesian word [pronounced deereegizma] meaning state control of economic and social matters

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Dirigisme

Indonesian word [pronounced deereegizma] meaning state control of economic and social matters

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Duffed {It, made a mess of it}

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Dirigisme

Malaysian word [pronounced deerigizma] meaning state intervention in economic and social matters

Duffer {a simpleton}

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Duffle

a coarse woolen cloth with a thick nap

As in: "She looked up at him suddenly when she realized he was wearing duffle Y-fronts. He just nodded."

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Duffers Syndrome {duphershypertrophy, the person starts to resemble a gnome }

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DA

The eighth note after DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI.

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Duffle coat {worn by sea captains in WW2 films. Usually Jack Hawkins striding up and down the ships bridge barking orders like wheel hard a cardboard and fire torpedo from no.3 port tube at jerry.}

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Diazepam {drug taken to reduce stress.}

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Defanged

"FMF suggested defanging the community by introducing Stalinism with a thumber-identified thumbing system."

"Observers predicted FMF would transform into a poster who pushed back against and engaged with dissenters if the thumbs were not anonymous."

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Denigrate

Note: sometimes used incorrectly as an exact synonym for discuss with and disagree with.