Dama
noun, phrase, slang
noun, phrase, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The game of Turkish draughts. uncountable
- 2 a rich Chinese middle-aged woman colloquial
- 3 a spoilt tourist from China, usually a middle-aged woman; a Karen Hong-Kong, broadly, colloquial, derogatory
Phrase
- 1 Initialism of discharged against medical advice. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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Etymology 1
Compare Turkish dama, Northern Kurdish دامە (dame).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Chinese 大媽 /大妈 (dàmā, “paternal aunt”)