D&M

English

Etymology

Initialism of "deep & meaningful".

Noun

D&M (plural D&Ms)

1. (Australia, colloquial) An earnest conversation covering emotional topics, often as a smaller side conversation at a social occasion.

   Tom and Liam are out on the back patio having a D&M about their relationships.

   • 2023 January 17, Adrienne Tam, Mamamia‎^[1]:

     Anyway, so, it's 24 hours earlier, and Felix and Thomas are walking along the beach, having a D&M. Felix says he is finding out the reason he hasn't been in a proper relationship for so long.

   • 2019 March 21, Melissa Mason, Pedestrian‎^[2]:

     I’ve had my fair share of d&m’s with friends over guys I’ve dated.

   • 2015 December 11, BuzzFeed‎^[3]:

     11. When you and your girlfriend get locked in a D&M that lasts for hours.

Verb

D&M (third-person singular simple present D&Ms, present participle D&Ming, simple past and past participle D&Med)

1. (Australia, colloquial) To participate in a D&M.
   • 2023 March 17, R. F. Coleman, Yahoo‎^[4]:

     We tucked in, then got stuck into serious D&Ming. I probably told him about my childhood dog and how he died.

   • 2017 September 27, Steph D'Souza, Concrete Playground‎^[5]:

     These accepting venues offer an array of options for D&Ming that'll seriously put the mate in workmate.

   • 2015 May 5, Bennett Sheldon, Honi Soit‎^[6]:

     If we were regular high school students by day, by night we were D&Ming, never-have-I-evering machines