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dime

n. countable
C2 Proficiency US //ˈdaɪm// UK //dˈaɪm// dime Slang

n. a perfect ten out of ten. People use this on the internet to describe someone who is extremely attractive.

n. a person perceived as being of the highest possible physical attractiveness, corresponding to a ten on a scale of one to ten. Highly informal and primarily used in digital or colloquial contexts.


SIMPLE

She is a total dime.

CONTEXTUAL

The comment section was full of people calling the lead actress a dime after the trailer dropped.

Etymology 1

From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime.

Etymology 2

From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.

Usage

Commonly used with the intensifier 'total' or 'absolute' in informal speech.

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