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Dama

noun, phrase, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    The game of Turkish draughts. uncountable
  2. 2
    a rich Chinese middle-aged woman colloquial
  3. 3
    a spoilt tourist from China, usually a middle-aged woman; a Karen Hong-Kong, broadly, colloquial, derogatory
Phrase
  1. 1
    Initialism of discharged against medical advice. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Etymology 1

Compare Turkish dama, Northern Kurdish دامە (dame).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 大媽 /大妈 (dàmā, “paternal aunt”)

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