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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Dibs #102692 05/07/03 08:20 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok I'm not sure about this, but I fancied that it was a lift from Cockney rhyming slang for fingers - dabblers -> dibblers -> dibs. Not standing by it, though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Dibs Father Steve 05/07/03 03:56 AM Re: Dibs RubyRed 05/07/03 05:42 AM Re: Dibs Capfka 05/07/03 08:20 AM Re: Dibs Faldage 05/07/03 10:23 AM Re: Dibs belligerentyouth 05/07/03 01:03 PM Re: Dibs Faldage 05/07/03 01:05 PM Re: Dibs wwh 05/07/03 01:21 PM Re: Dibs Bean 05/07/03 01:44 PM Re: Dibs Wordwind 05/07/03 01:55 PM Re: Dibs Faldage 05/07/03 02:07 PM Re: Dubs tsuwm 05/07/03 02:38 PM Re: Dubs wwh 05/07/03 04:32 PM Re: Dubs of troy 05/07/03 04:56 PM Re: Dubs dxb 05/08/03 06:52 AM Dibs wofahulicodoc 05/09/03 01:11 PM Re: Dibs bonzaialsatian 05/09/03 05:37 PM Re: Dibs sjm 05/13/03 09:03 AM Me, too! Me, too! consuelo 05/14/03 04:44 AM Re: Dibs Zed 05/09/03 11:54 PM Re: Dibs on this wordminstrel 05/10/03 05:03 AM Re: Dibs on this wofahulicodoc 05/10/03 12:07 PM Re: Dibs on this AnnaStrophic 05/10/03 01:02 PM Re: Dibs on this WhitmanO'Neill 05/10/03 01:30 PM Re: Dibs on this wofahulicodoc 05/10/03 01:39 PM Re: Dibs on this tsuwm 05/10/03 03:00 PM Re: Dibs on this wordminstrel 05/10/03 10:50 PM Re: Dibs on this wordminstrel 05/10/03 11:17 PM Re: Dibs on this Jackie 05/11/03 02:27 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 854 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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