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[–] 57 points 4 months ago (7 children)

In New Zealand, a "dag" is someone who has a good sense of humour and is fun (unlike in Australia where it has cringy connotations)

Explaining to a Yank that calling someone a shitty piece of wool, stuck to a sheep's arse is a compliment takes some convincing

And then there's "cunt"...

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Explaining to a Yank that calling someone a shitty piece of wool, stuck to a sheep's arse is a compliment takes some convincing

    What word are you referring to here? I don't know of any American slang that means a shitty piece of wool stuck to a sheep's ass, *dingleberry" is the closest we got and that's not species-specific. The only thing I can think of that dag means/has meant in America is a minced oath, for either God or damn ("dagnabbit", "dag yo"). Add an O on the end and you get a largely archaic racial slur for Italian people or a highly-localized regional sandwich. Didn't know about the sandwich until I was driving through NE Minneapolis and saw a bar sign advertising "Dagos & Liquor" and briefly had to clutch my pearls until a local explained.

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