noun
dag
A quirky or unfashionable person, chiefly in Australian usage.
My Australian cousin calls me a dag for wearing socks with sandals.
Etymology
The Australian slang extends the sheep-farming word for a matted piece of wool. It became a teasing or disparaging label for someone awkward, unfashionable, or endearingly eccentric.
More examples
- He's a lovable dag who tells terrible jokes.
- In those old plaid shorts, I look like a dag.
- We're a couple of dags who still dance to disco.
Forms
dag · dags
daggy adjective — Quirky or unfashionable, chiefly in Australian usage.