What is Dag?
1.
An Australian slang term.
A dag is technically the matted wool on a sheeps tail, but in typical useage throughout Australia, it refers to people who don't have a neat, tidy or cultured appearance. It can also refer to a person who tends to be quite informal.
It is not necessarily a derogatory term in modern useage.
I'm a bit of a dag today, I'm wearing my
trackie-daks
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2.
1) "damn..."
2) expression of surprise or amazement
1) Dag...I got fired from
Dempsey's
2) You mean you found 7 mosquitoes in one omelet? DAG!
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3.
1. dirty wool around sheeps bum.
2. An unfashionable person.
2b) term of endearment for a unfashionable person that tells corny joke.
Whether it is a term or an insult depends on the context.
"John Travolta is such a dag!"(term of endearment)
"God you are so daggy." (insult)
4.
DAG: noun 1a. (usually in the plural) a lump of matted wool and faeces hanging from the rear end of a sheep; b. such a lump cut from a sheep. 2. a person (primarily male) who is regarded as something of a ‘character’, eccentric but entertainingly so, a wag. 3a. an unfashionable adolescent. b. any unfashionable or non-stylish person.
I told you to shear the dags off those sheep Bruce not turn 'em into bloody dredlocks! You bloody dag!
5.
affectionate insult for an odd, idiosyncratic person
He's a bit of a dag but we love him.
6.
means dang or whoa (can be positive or negative)
must be said very casually; can be used to express sympathy, surprise, awe, and many others.
must drag out the "aaa"; not too long, but so it isn't too short; like a crowd at a magic show going "Oooo...Ahhh..."
"Look at those titties ... dag."
(House across the street explodes)- "Dag."
"Grandpa just died? Dag."
Man 1: "I have to write a 1000 page paper on the life of Tony Danza."
Man 2: "Dag."
7.
An Australian slang term.
A dag is technically the matted wool on a sheeps tail, but in typical useage throughout Australia, it refers to people who don't have a neat, tidy or cultured appearance. It can also refer to a person who tends to be quite informal.
It is not necessarily a derogatory term in modern useage.
It can also refer to a Person who is a bit zany in antics in a loveable way
I'm a bit of a dag today, I'm wearing my trackie-daks
I like Uncle David he is abit of a "dag"
Source: Random, Sep 3, 2003
