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There is a colloquial use of the word "dip" that means a stupid person -- shortened from "dipstick" or "dipshit." I use it and learned it by hearing it used. — This comment was unsigned.
- I'm not so sure about the etymology, but the sense is one I had heard in the early 60s in NYC. MWOnline suggests that it was used in the 1930s and say it is a back-formation from (deprecated template usage) dippy, which dates to 1899 and which they show as "origin unknown". They also show dipstick as a euphemism for dipshit with they date to 1962 (close to when I heard it). DCDuring TALK 00:48, 8 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
Etymology
Is this the causative of deep? 72.160.196.200 00:21, 4 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
- Yes, kind of. They are closely related. Kolmiel (talk) 00:44, 21 November 2016 (UTC)Reply
i saw this in a webcomic and i assumed it was a made-up expression meant to sound cute, but apparently this is a real thing ... "oh dip". I only know it now because I saw it used somewhere else with no explanation. —Soap— 21:06, 9 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
The Academic Dictionary of Film, Television and Theatre (page 108) defines dips as "mall flaps in the stage floor giving access to electrical sockets and other connections". Equinox ◑ 01:26, 3 June 2022 (UTC)Reply