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dark
adjective- bad, inferior, unpleasant, nasty; used as an all-purpose negative UK
- Have you spat on the sausages as well? Benny nods again. That’s dark, that is. — Paul Fraser and Shane Meadows TwentyFourSeven, pp. 7–8, 1997
- unreachable by telephone US
A condition usually resulting from a failure to pay your bill. - — Ben Applebaum and Derrick Pittman, Turd Ferguson & The Sausage Party, p. 24, 2004
- good UK
On the BAD - She’s bubbly, her clothes always the latest fashion. Well dark. She’s got money[.] — Karline Smith, Letters to Andy Cole, p. 139, 1998
- — Julian Johnson, Urban Survival, p. 258, 2003
- evil
- [T]o invite your tightest to your cousin’s wedding and introduce him to the man you’re sending to end him–that’s dark. — Diran Adebayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 109, 2000
- secret AUSTRALIA, 1877
- — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 119, 1947
- “Well, listen, Ted,” came Tully’s voice, “keep it dark, will you?” — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 204, 1954
- “He’s an Itie.” “I’ll keep it dark,” said Bill. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 91, 1957
- — James Holledge, The Great Australian Gamble, 1966
- untelevised US
- Dark matches serve numerous purposes. Wrestlers who’ve shined on the independent circuit–cards staged by small promoters in high school gyms, Grange halls and fraternal lodges–are invited to World Wrestling Federation TV tapings to audition for Federation officials. — Raw Magazine, p. 48, September 2000
- Just as non televised under-card bouts are called “dark matches,” non televised arena events are called “dark shows.” Yeah, sure, the results show up in the rankings, but not on the boob tube. — Rampage Magazine, p. 18, September 2000
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