DINKWAD noun [C]
UK /ˈdɪŋk.wɒd/ US /ˈdɪŋk.wɑːd/
ABBREVIATION FOR dual income, no kids, with a dog: a member of a young couple in which both partners earn a lot of money and have a dog but no children
“The allure of the DINKWAD lifestyle is solely based on financial and personal freedom from any responsibility,” Ahmed said. Instead, Benfield and Ahmed love to travel, and are both passionate about not having children. They have a beloved rescue mutt named Yvie instead.
[businessinsider.com, 4 February 2023]
See also DINK
guppie noun [C]
/ˈɡʌp.i/
ABBREVIATION FOR given up on property: a young person who has given up on the idea of ever being able to buy their own home
Meet the “guppie”, the yuppie’s descendant. He or she is a young adult on an above average salary (£33,000 for people in full-time work) who has either given up on ever owning a home or accepted that they will have to give up dinners out, holidays and pretty much everything else in order to do so.
[inews.co.uk, 11 August 2023]
See also yuppie
HENRY noun [C]
/ˈhen.ri/
ABBREVIATION FOR high earner, not rich yet: someone who earns a lot of money but has few savings or other assets
Are you among a growing group of people in the U.S. who have a high household income, yet your savings never seem to grow significantly year after year? Believe it or not, there’s a name for that: HENRY. HENRY stands for “High Earner, Not Rich Yet,” and refers to anyone with a high income but low net worth. For HENRYs, it can be frustrating to feel like they’re not getting ahead, even if their income is well above the average.
[wealthkeel.com, 15 December 2023]
words like this belong in a slang dictionary, not the official one
Marilyn, I agree. It is my opinion that there could be an “idiom” dictionary titled- top line; Idioms, underneath the word IDIOMS Idiom PHRASES. It should be in a binder and every determined amount of time, such as every year, the new idioms and phrases can be added with the year they were added printed on each added page.
This would keep parents, grand-parents, educators, and even students who move updated on what they heard and what it meant.
The moment the slang dictionary is being printed, there will be many “slang terms’ that have changed, already creating the next version of a “standard dictionary.” Slang words and terms are often temporary, such as “Par for the course”, “the bee’s knees”, “cat’s meow”, and “the bomb”
I agree with you.
Good comment.
“Par for the course” is definitely NOT a “temporary” idiom (origin is thought to be golfing)
“the bee’s knees” also NOT a “temporary” idiom (origin is thought to be ” the business”)
Both have been around for many decades.
“cat’s meow” was common in 1920s (same sort of meaning as “bee’s knees”) whereas “cat’s whiskers” (similar meaning) has been in common usage for decades; however, the “Cat’s whisker” crystal radio/detector is now out of fashion (as a child, I used to listen to Radio Luxembourg and Radio Caroline on my crystal set)
“the bomb” is a phrase that is unknown to my generation since the 1960’s (Atom Bomb and possibility of Nuclear war) – my children, however, do not recognise it. I understand that it’s an American slang word “very smart” or “very good”
I Polish “the bomb” is used for decades in a sense of some sudden news/explanation/solution, suggesting an emotional reaction that from now somethng is clear and understandable. Before the II WW the end of quite famous and modern style novel ends with :”And the End. And the Bomb! And who read it – (is) an idiot!”.
wo! amazing!
I concur with Annie.
Dinkwad sounds somewhat funnily derogatory but I didn’t know these words because I’m not a native so these topics are not ones I discuss in english yet
i like this dictionary
hi