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In English-speaking TV shows, characters sometimes say dips to say to other people they are taking something for themselves before others do.
Neither Google, wiki or Urban Dictionary give positive results for this so the word may be misspelled.
What is the word and what is its origin?
etymology slang
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In English-speaking TV shows, characters sometimes say dips to say to other people they are taking something for themselves before others do.
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What is the word and what is its origin?
etymology slang
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Also, just for reference, you can 'bagsy' something - or call shotgun on it
– Smock
8 hours ago
@Smock I've only ever heard shotgun being used in relation to riding shotgun in a car. You can't say "shotgun that beer", well, you can, but it's far from the meaning of "Dibs on that beer".
– Alexandre Aubrey
7 hours ago
Where I come from, french Canada, we do say "shotgun that beer" or "shotgun the last donut" and many other things like that, it came from the car thing though.
– Manuki
6 hours ago
@Manuki In French or English?
– Azor Ahai
6 hours ago
BTW, claiming would be more specific than taking...but you have the right answer already.
– KannE
5 hours ago
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In English-speaking TV shows, characters sometimes say dips to say to other people they are taking something for themselves before others do.
Neither Google, wiki or Urban Dictionary give positive results for this so the word may be misspelled.
What is the word and what is its origin?
etymology slang
edited 11 hours ago
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asked 12 hours ago
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In English-speaking TV shows, characters sometimes say dips to say to other people they are taking something for themselves before others do.
Neither Google, wiki or Urban Dictionary give positive results for this so the word may be misspelled.
What is the word and what is its origin?
etymology slang
etymology slang
edited 11 hours ago
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asked 12 hours ago
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Also, just for reference, you can 'bagsy' something - or call shotgun on it
– Smock
8 hours ago
@Smock I've only ever heard shotgun being used in relation to riding shotgun in a car. You can't say "shotgun that beer", well, you can, but it's far from the meaning of "Dibs on that beer".
– Alexandre Aubrey
7 hours ago
Where I come from, french Canada, we do say "shotgun that beer" or "shotgun the last donut" and many other things like that, it came from the car thing though.
– Manuki
6 hours ago
@Manuki In French or English?
– Azor Ahai
6 hours ago
BTW, claiming would be more specific than taking...but you have the right answer already.
– KannE
5 hours ago
|
show 2 more comments
Also, just for reference, you can 'bagsy' something - or call shotgun on it
– Smock
8 hours ago
@Smock I've only ever heard shotgun being used in relation to riding shotgun in a car. You can't say "shotgun that beer", well, you can, but it's far from the meaning of "Dibs on that beer".
– Alexandre Aubrey
7 hours ago
Where I come from, french Canada, we do say "shotgun that beer" or "shotgun the last donut" and many other things like that, it came from the car thing though.
– Manuki
6 hours ago
@Manuki In French or English?
– Azor Ahai
6 hours ago
BTW, claiming would be more specific than taking...but you have the right answer already.
– KannE
5 hours ago
Also, just for reference, you can 'bagsy' something - or call shotgun on it
– Smock
8 hours ago
Also, just for reference, you can 'bagsy' something - or call shotgun on it
– Smock
8 hours ago
@Smock I've only ever heard shotgun being used in relation to riding shotgun in a car. You can't say "shotgun that beer", well, you can, but it's far from the meaning of "Dibs on that beer".
– Alexandre Aubrey
7 hours ago
@Smock I've only ever heard shotgun being used in relation to riding shotgun in a car. You can't say "shotgun that beer", well, you can, but it's far from the meaning of "Dibs on that beer".
– Alexandre Aubrey
7 hours ago
Where I come from, french Canada, we do say "shotgun that beer" or "shotgun the last donut" and many other things like that, it came from the car thing though.
– Manuki
6 hours ago
Where I come from, french Canada, we do say "shotgun that beer" or "shotgun the last donut" and many other things like that, it came from the car thing though.
– Manuki
6 hours ago
@Manuki In French or English?
– Azor Ahai
6 hours ago
@Manuki In French or English?
– Azor Ahai
6 hours ago
BTW, claiming would be more specific than taking...but you have the right answer already.
– KannE
5 hours ago
BTW, claiming would be more specific than taking...but you have the right answer already.
– KannE
5 hours ago
|
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The word you're hearing is actually dibs:
2: claim, rights
// I have dibs on that piece of cake
Etymonline says it's a
children's word to express a claim on something, 1915, originally U.S., apparently from earlier senses "a portion or share" and "money" (early 19c. colloquial), probably a contraction of dibstone "a knuckle-bone or jack in a children's game" (1690s), in which the first element is of unknown origin. The game consisted of tossing up small pebbles or the knuckle-bones of a sheep and catching them alternately with the palm and the back of the hand.
answered 11 hours ago
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Glorfindel called dibs on this answer.
– Kalamane
4 hours ago
In UK English this would be 'bags', although dibs would probably be understood too.
– DJClayworth
2 hours ago
1
@DJClayworth In my experience, the two are similar but not quite equivalent in all usage. One can have "first dibs" on something, but not "*first bags". Conversely, one can say "bags not" to remove themselves from the list of potentially-responsible candidates ("bags not washing the dishes") while there is no such form of "*dibs not".
– RJHunter
1 hour ago
"Bagsy" is more common than "bags" in my particular part of the UK.
– Graham Borland
33 mins ago
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The word you're hearing is actually dibs:
2: claim, rights
// I have dibs on that piece of cake
Etymonline says it's a
children's word to express a claim on something, 1915, originally U.S., apparently from earlier senses "a portion or share" and "money" (early 19c. colloquial), probably a contraction of dibstone "a knuckle-bone or jack in a children's game" (1690s), in which the first element is of unknown origin. The game consisted of tossing up small pebbles or the knuckle-bones of a sheep and catching them alternately with the palm and the back of the hand.
answered 11 hours ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
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Glorfindel called dibs on this answer.
– Kalamane
4 hours ago
In UK English this would be 'bags', although dibs would probably be understood too.
– DJClayworth
2 hours ago
1
@DJClayworth In my experience, the two are similar but not quite equivalent in all usage. One can have "first dibs" on something, but not "*first bags". Conversely, one can say "bags not" to remove themselves from the list of potentially-responsible candidates ("bags not washing the dishes") while there is no such form of "*dibs not".
– RJHunter
1 hour ago
"Bagsy" is more common than "bags" in my particular part of the UK.
– Graham Borland
33 mins ago
add a comment |
The word you're hearing is actually dibs:
2: claim, rights
// I have dibs on that piece of cake
Etymonline says it's a
children's word to express a claim on something, 1915, originally U.S., apparently from earlier senses "a portion or share" and "money" (early 19c. colloquial), probably a contraction of dibstone "a knuckle-bone or jack in a children's game" (1690s), in which the first element is of unknown origin. The game consisted of tossing up small pebbles or the knuckle-bones of a sheep and catching them alternately with the palm and the back of the hand.
answered 11 hours ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
8,570103943
6
Glorfindel called dibs on this answer.
– Kalamane
4 hours ago
In UK English this would be 'bags', although dibs would probably be understood too.
– DJClayworth
2 hours ago
1
@DJClayworth In my experience, the two are similar but not quite equivalent in all usage. One can have "first dibs" on something, but not "*first bags". Conversely, one can say "bags not" to remove themselves from the list of potentially-responsible candidates ("bags not washing the dishes") while there is no such form of "*dibs not".
– RJHunter
1 hour ago
"Bagsy" is more common than "bags" in my particular part of the UK.
– Graham Borland
33 mins ago
add a comment |
The word you're hearing is actually dibs:
2: claim, rights
// I have dibs on that piece of cake
Etymonline says it's a
children's word to express a claim on something, 1915, originally U.S., apparently from earlier senses "a portion or share" and "money" (early 19c. colloquial), probably a contraction of dibstone "a knuckle-bone or jack in a children's game" (1690s), in which the first element is of unknown origin. The game consisted of tossing up small pebbles or the knuckle-bones of a sheep and catching them alternately with the palm and the back of the hand.
answered 11 hours ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
8,570103943
The word you're hearing is actually dibs:
2: claim, rights
// I have dibs on that piece of cake
Etymonline says it's a
children's word to express a claim on something, 1915, originally U.S., apparently from earlier senses "a portion or share" and "money" (early 19c. colloquial), probably a contraction of dibstone "a knuckle-bone or jack in a children's game" (1690s), in which the first element is of unknown origin. The game consisted of tossing up small pebbles or the knuckle-bones of a sheep and catching them alternately with the palm and the back of the hand.
answered 11 hours ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
8,570103943
answered 11 hours ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
8,570103943
answered 11 hours ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
8,570103943
answered 11 hours ago
GlorfindelGlorfindel
8,570103943
8,570103943
6
Glorfindel called dibs on this answer.
– Kalamane
4 hours ago
In UK English this would be 'bags', although dibs would probably be understood too.
– DJClayworth
2 hours ago
1
@DJClayworth In my experience, the two are similar but not quite equivalent in all usage. One can have "first dibs" on something, but not "*first bags". Conversely, one can say "bags not" to remove themselves from the list of potentially-responsible candidates ("bags not washing the dishes") while there is no such form of "*dibs not".
– RJHunter
1 hour ago
"Bagsy" is more common than "bags" in my particular part of the UK.
– Graham Borland
33 mins ago
add a comment |
6
Glorfindel called dibs on this answer.
– Kalamane
4 hours ago
In UK English this would be 'bags', although dibs would probably be understood too.
– DJClayworth
2 hours ago
1
@DJClayworth In my experience, the two are similar but not quite equivalent in all usage. One can have "first dibs" on something, but not "*first bags". Conversely, one can say "bags not" to remove themselves from the list of potentially-responsible candidates ("bags not washing the dishes") while there is no such form of "*dibs not".
– RJHunter
1 hour ago
"Bagsy" is more common than "bags" in my particular part of the UK.
– Graham Borland
33 mins ago
6
6
Glorfindel called dibs on this answer.
– Kalamane
4 hours ago
Glorfindel called dibs on this answer.
– Kalamane
4 hours ago
In UK English this would be 'bags', although dibs would probably be understood too.
– DJClayworth
2 hours ago
In UK English this would be 'bags', although dibs would probably be understood too.
– DJClayworth
2 hours ago
1
1
@DJClayworth In my experience, the two are similar but not quite equivalent in all usage. One can have "first dibs" on something, but not "*first bags". Conversely, one can say "bags not" to remove themselves from the list of potentially-responsible candidates ("bags not washing the dishes") while there is no such form of "*dibs not".
– RJHunter
1 hour ago
@DJClayworth In my experience, the two are similar but not quite equivalent in all usage. One can have "first dibs" on something, but not "*first bags". Conversely, one can say "bags not" to remove themselves from the list of potentially-responsible candidates ("bags not washing the dishes") while there is no such form of "*dibs not".
– RJHunter
1 hour ago
"Bagsy" is more common than "bags" in my particular part of the UK.
– Graham Borland
33 mins ago
"Bagsy" is more common than "bags" in my particular part of the UK.
– Graham Borland
33 mins ago
add a comment |
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Also, just for reference, you can 'bagsy' something - or call shotgun on it
– Smock
8 hours ago
@Smock I've only ever heard shotgun being used in relation to riding shotgun in a car. You can't say "shotgun that beer", well, you can, but it's far from the meaning of "Dibs on that beer".
– Alexandre Aubrey
7 hours ago
Where I come from, french Canada, we do say "shotgun that beer" or "shotgun the last donut" and many other things like that, it came from the car thing though.
– Manuki
6 hours ago
@Manuki In French or English?
– Azor Ahai
6 hours ago
BTW, claiming would be more specific than taking...but you have the right answer already.
– KannE
5 hours ago