dem

pron
/dɛm/

Definitions

  1. Nonstandard form of them.

    • Go tell dem natty dreadlocks no wear handcuff,” advises Damian Marley, his guest star and younger brother, who accuses the officers of jealousy.
  2. Nonstandard form of them, in the sense of "those".

    • What are dem fings doing ’ere?
  3. (clitic, suffix) A group of.

    • Love tenderness is what the woman dem want
    • Chillin' wiv da man dem Jammin' wiv da man dem It's all good in the hood wiv da man dem
    • I’ve got my peeps dem with me shouting pull up your socks, Cos we just broke the law and now we're running from cops.
  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. Clipping of Democrat.

    2. Initialism of digital elevation model.

      • The DEMs and reference data used here are a mix of different vertical reference systems: […]
    3. Initialism of diethyl malonate.

    4. Initialism of digital experience monitoring.

    5. Abbreviation of Democratic Party.

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Derived

gyal dem

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dem. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA