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Ding Dong
Ding Dongs (Ding Dong) are Hostess chocolate snack cakes introduced in 1967 by Continental Baking, named for a bell-ringing TV campaign; round cream-filled, chocolate-coated cakes once foil wrapped, with Big Wheels as their Northeast regional name.
Dinner
Dinner: the main meal of the day, usually in the evening but at midday in parts of Britain; from Old French disner, to break one's fast. Covers etymology, the drift from midday to evening, meal structure, hospitality, and modern solo-dining trends.
Dinner theater
Dinner theater (dinner theatre): a restaurant venue format combining a meal with a live stage show, coined 1965–70 in the US. Two formats, in-room dining or restaurant-theatre packages; dismissed as middlebrow by 1970s critics; murder mystery shows now dominate.
Dior
Dior (House of Dior, Christian Dior Couture): French luxury fashion house founded in 1946 at 30 Avenue Montaigne, Paris, by Christian Dior; famous for the 1947 New Look, now under Jonathan Anderson within the LVMH-controlled Christian Dior group.
Dipannita Sharma
Dipannita Sharma (दीपानिता शर्मा), Assamese-Indian supermodel and actor from Duliajan, Assam; Miss India 1998 finalist and Miss Photogenic; film debut in 16 December (2002); roles in War, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl; award-winning Assamese film and web series work.
Dippin' Dots
Dippin' Dots: beaded ice cream, yogurt, sherbet, and flavored ice invented by microbiologist Curt Jones in 1988, flash-frozen in liquid nitrogen at about -320 °F and stored near -40 °F, sold at theme parks and stadiums.
Dipping tobacco
Dipping tobacco (dip, moist snuff) is smokeless tobacco placed between lip and gums. Contains 4.4-25.0 mg nicotine per gram; causes mouth, esophageal, and pancreatic cancer; used by 2.1% of US adults.
Dirndl
Dirndl: fitted Alpine folk dress of bodice, skirt, blouse, and apron from Bavarian and Austrian maids' workwear, adopted by urban elites around 1900, now festive dress at the Oktoberfest.
Disco fries
Disco fries, a New Jersey diner dish of French fries topped with brown gravy and shredded mozzarella, named for 1970s clubgoers; the Tick Tock Diner in Clifton claims invention, and the dish is distinguished from poutine by its cheese.
Disfrutar
Disfrutar, Catalan for "to enjoy," is a three-Michelin-star restaurant in Barcelona opened in 2014 by three former elBulli chefs, named the world's best restaurant in 2024.
Dishwasher
A dishwasher, also called a dishwashing machine, is a kitchen appliance that cleans, rinses, and dries dishware and utensils by recirculating water and detergent through spray arms.
Disney Tsum Tsum (ディズニーツムツム)
Disney Tsum Tsum (ディズニーツムツム), also called TSUM TSUM, is a Japanese-born Disney franchise of stackable round plush launched 2013, plus the NHN PlayArt-developed, LINE-operated mobile puzzle game LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum (29 January 2014, 10 million downloads in 62 days), figures, and the Switch title Disney Tsum Tsum Festival.
Disodium inosinate
Disodium inosinate (E 631, INS 631), the disodium salt of inosine-5'-monophosphate, CAS 4691-65-0, FEMA 3669, is a ribonucleotide flavor enhancer identified in bonito in 1913, synergistic with glutamate, permitted in the US under 21 CFR 172.535 and in the EU and Great Britain.
Distaff
Distaff: a stick or board holding raw flax, hemp, or wool for spinning with a spindle or wheel; also called rock or Fingerkunkel. Symbol of women's work, source of "distaff side" and St Distaff's Day.
Dive bar
Dive bar: an unpretentious, cheap, long-established neighborhood bar, originally 1880s American slang for an illegal drinking den. Features jukeboxes, neon, regulars, minimal food; now imitated by pricier neo-dives.
Djellaba (جلابة)
Djellaba (جلابة, also jellaba) is a long, loose, hooded North African robe with a pointed hood (qob), worn by men and women in Morocco and the Maghreb; distinct from the hoodless caftan, galabeya, and draped burnous.
DKNY
DKNY (Donna Karan New York), founded in 1989 by Donna Karan as a lower-priced New York-inspired diffusion line, now a G-III-owned global lifestyle brand with about $675 million FY2025 net sales.
Dogging (sexual slang)
Dogging is British slang for having or watching sex in public or semi-public places, traditionally parked cars; coined in the 1970s for spying on couples, popularized in 2003, now partly moved to private clubs.
Dogū
Dogū (土偶) are fired clay human figurines of Japan's Jōmon period, mostly female, made from about 13,000 years ago, peaking in the Middle Jōmon, usually found broken, with famous examples including the goggle-eyed Kamegaoka dogū.
Dokha (دوخة)
Dokha (دوخة) is an Arabian tobacco blend smoked in a small pipe called a midwakh, widely used in the United Arab Emirates and known for its high nicotine content.
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in Milan in 1985 by designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, still owned by its founders.
Dole Whip
Dole Whip is a dairy-free pineapple soft serve created by Kathy Westphal at Dole for Disney World kiosks, debuting at Magic Kingdom's Aloha Isle in 1984 as DOLE Pineapple Whip, later sold in grocery freezer cups and as Dole Soft Serve mix.
Dollar coin (United States)
United States dollar coin: the $1 coin first struck in 1794, later the Eisenhower, Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea, Presidential, and Native American issues; unlike the $1 bill it never gained wide circulation, and GAO found replacing the note would now cost money.
Dollar General
Dollar General (NYSE: DG) is a Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based small-box discount retailer founded in 1939, with 21,148 stores in 48 states and Mexico as of July 2026, known for everyday low prices and a heavily documented OSHA safety record.
Dollar slice
Dollar slice: a plain New York-style pizza slice sold for about $1 at budget NYC pizzerias, popularized by 99 Cent Fresh (2006) and 2 Bros. Pizza (2007); now typically $1.50 after 2023 inflation-driven price rises.
Dollhouse
Dollhouse: a miniature scale house furnished with tiny furniture, known since the 16th century, first as adult baby-house cabinets and later as children's toys; includes Queen Mary's Dolls' House and National Toy Hall of Fame induction in 2011.
Dolly Alderton
Dolly Alderton (born 1988, London) is a British memoirist, novelist, Sunday Times Style agony aunt, and former co-host of The High Low podcast; author of Everything I Know About Love, Ghosts, Dear Dolly, and Good Material.
Dolma
Dolma (dolmades, sarma, tolma, mahshi) is a family of stuffed vegetable, fruit, and leaf dishes of Turkish origin name, widespread from the Balkans to Iran, with rice and meat fillings; Azerbaijani tradition is UNESCO-listed since 2017.
Dom Pérignon
Dom Pérignon is a prestige cuvée of champagne produced by Moët & Chandon in Épernay, France, named after Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon, with its first vintage from 1921.
Dom Pérignon (monk)
Dom Pierre Pérignon was a French Benedictine monk and procurator of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers. He improved viticulture and winemaking through systematic blending of grapes.