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DNW en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (slang) To express disinterest, aversion, or opposition to something.
    • One year I got someone who DNWed kink but only wanted explicit fic focusing on the pairing’s “power dynamics.” Me, three weeks into the writing period, yelling at long-suffering friends and spouse: “WHAT ISN’T KINK???” 2020 December 22, @thefourthvine, Twitter:
    • not me DNWing soulmates for bingo and now trying to figure out how to cram this into one of my other squares LMFAO 2020 November 5, the girl who does that stuff (@areyougonnabe), Twitter:
    • Also, what is the point of dnwing "[trope], unless *very* well done" 2022 October 19, @saiditallbefore, Twitter:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
DNWed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
DNWed Tense=Past lexicographic
DNWs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
DNWing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Source: en.wiktionary, “DNW” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

DNW en · X

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of do not want.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of did not wait: referring to people who present to an emergency department but leave prior to medical assessment.
    • DNW rate