A Welsh English expression of sympathy meaning 'poor thing' — used to express pity or compassion for someone in an unfortunate situation.
A Welsh English expression of sympathy meaning 'poor thing' — used to express pity or compassion for someone in an unfortunate situation. The word 'dab' is a Welsh English term of endearment or sympathy, giving the phrase a distinctly Welsh flavour.
'She's had to cancel her holiday because of the surgery.' — 'Oh, poor dab.'
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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To do something badly.
(attributive, _, only) Worthy of pity.
A celebratory dance move in which the dancer drops their head into the crook of one bent elbow while extending the other arm up and out at an angle, as if sneezing. Popularised in 2015 by NFL players and rapper Cam Newton, briefly mandatory in school playgrounds worldwide, and now mostly used ironically to mark a "small win" online.
(Wales) poor thing.
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(Wales) Someone to be pitied, poor thing.
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