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Dirk Uittenbogaard
Dirk Uittenbogaard (Lucas Theodoor Dirk Uittenbogaard), Dutch rower born 1990 in Amsterdam, Nereus club; Olympic gold in quadruple sculls Tokyo 2020 and bronze in the eight Rio 2016; 2019 world champion.
Dirt Rally
DiRT Rally is a 2015 rally simulation by Codemasters, surprise-launched on Steam Early Access and released on PS4/Xbox One in April 2016; known for its density-based surface physics, real WRC stages, and 85 Metacritic score.
Dirty Hippies
Dirty hippies: pejorative for unkempt hippies since the late 1960s, used by critics and affectionately in festival culture; also a Sumbawa surf break, Phuket coffeeshop, and Cyberpunk RED faction.
Disability classification in judo
Disability classification in judo (Para judo): IBSA assigns visually impaired judoka to J1 (LogMAR 2.6 or worse) or J2 (LogMAR 1.3-2.5 or visual field 60 degrees or less) classes, introduced in 2022, replacing B1-B3, with competition by weight category.
Disability sport classification
Disability sport classification, or Para sport classification, is the IPC-governed system that determines eligibility and assigns sport classes to athletes with impairments, using four assessment stages under the 2025 Classification Code.
Disc golf
Disc golf: flying-disc sport where players throw plastic discs into metal baskets, PDGA-governed, first course Oak Grove 1975. 17,000+ courses, 89% free, 21.2M UDisc rounds in 2025, 86% participation growth since 2020.
Disc golf courses in the United States
Disc golf courses in the United States: ~11,165 courses (UDisc 2026), most of any country; 9- or 18-hole tee-pad-and-basket layouts, mostly free public-park amenities; PDGA skill-level tees; Kansas leads per capita.
Disc Golf Pro Tour
Disc Golf Pro Tour (DGPT), founded 2016 by Steve Dodge, is the Official Pro Tour of the PDGA for MPO and FPO professional disc golf, running 25+ Elite Series, Q-Series, and EuroTour events ending in the DGPT Championship.
Disco Demolition Night
Disco Demolition Night, a July 12, 1979 White Sox promotion at Comiskey Park devised by Steve Dahl and Mike Veeck, ended in a riot and a forfeit to the Detroit Tigers and became a symbol of the anti-disco backlash.
Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium (also Disco Elysium – The Final Cut) is ZA/UM's 2019 dialogue-driven detective RPG set in Revachol, with skill voices, a Thought Cabinet, and no combat; BAFTA-winning, later marred by the ZA/UM ownership dispute.
Disco Inferno (wrestler)
Disco Inferno (Glenn Gilbertti, born 1968, Brooklyn) is an American professional wrestler famous for his 1995-2001 WCW disco-dancing gimmick, winning WCW Television, Cruiserweight, and Tag Team titles, later TNA and podcasting.
Discovery Zone
Discovery Zone, the 1990s American pay-for-play children's indoor playground chain (FunCenters, SkyTubes, ball pits), grew from 8 to 300+ stores under Blockbuster, went bankrupt in 1996 and 1999, and closed in 2001.
Discus throw
Discus throw: Olympic track and field event throwing a disc from a 2.5 m circle. Ancient pentathlon event, modern since 1896. Men's WR 75.56 m (Alekna, 2025); women's WR 76.80 m (Reinsch, 1988).
Discworld (video game)
Discworld (1995) is a point-and-click adventure by Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions, published by Psygnosis, starring Eric Idle-voiced Rincewind in an original dragon plot for Ankh-Morpork, released on DOS, Mac, PlayStation, and Saturn.
Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?
Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? (US title Mortality Bytes!) is a 1996 Perfect Entertainment point-and-click adventure published by Psygnosis, in which Rincewind must find the missing Death; released on DOS, Windows, PlayStation, and Saturn.
Discworld Noir
Discworld Noir is a 1999 point-and-click adventure by Perfect Entertainment and GT Interactive, the third Discworld game, starring private investigator Lewton with a notebook-based clue system; released only in Europe, never in North America.
Disgaea (魔界戦記ディスガイア)
Disgaea (魔界戦記ディスガイア) is Nippon Ichi Software's tactical RPG series, first released on PS2 in 2003, known for Netherworld demon casts, 9,999-plus level caps, reincarnation, and the Item World; Disgaea Mayhem (2026) is an action spin-off.
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (魔界戦記ディスガイア)
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (魔界戦記ディスガイア) is Nippon Ichi's 2003 PlayStation 2 tactical RPG, first in the Disgaea series. Laharl claims the Netherworld throne; level cap 9999, Item World, Dark Assembly; PSP, DS, and Complete re-releases.
Disgrace of Gijón
Disgrace of Gijón: the 25 June 1982 World Cup match at El Molinón, Gijón, where West Germany beat Austria 1-0 (Nichtangriffspakt von Gijón), both teams stopped competing, Algeria was eliminated, and FIFA mandated simultaneous final group kickoffs from 1986.
Disguised Toast
Disguised Toast (Jeremy Wang), Canadian streamer and founder-owner of the esports org Disguised (DSG, 2023). Hearthstone and Among Us creator; Facebook Gaming deal 2019, Twitch return 2021; ~$1M invested; LCS 2026 via promotion.
Dishonored
Dishonored (Arkane Studios, Bethesda, 2012) is a first-person immersive sim set in plague-ridden Dunwall, where Corvo Attano's Outsider powers, Chaos system, nonlethal options, DLC, sequels, and over 100 Game of the Year awards define the series.
Dishonored 2
Dishonored 2 is Arkane Studios' 2016 first-person stealth-action sequel (Bethesda Softworks), released November 11, 2016 on PC, PS4, Xbox One. Players choose Emily Kaldwin or Corvo Attano in Karnaca; Metascore 86 PC, 88 PS4; praised level design, troubled PC launch.
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
Dishonored: Death of the Outsider is Arkane's 2017 standalone stealth game for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, following Billie Lurk and Daud's quest to kill the Outsider after Dishonored 2, with Void-drawn powers and five missions.
Dismissal (cricket)
Dismissal (cricket): how a batter's innings ends, ten modes under MCC Laws 30-40, five credited to the bowler, with 2026 Law changes on run outs, wicketkeepers, and overthrows.
Disney Infinity
Disney Infinity: Disney Interactive's toys-to-life game series (2013-2016) with three editions, Play Sets and Toy Box sandbox mode, physical figures on a base, discontinued May 2016 with a $147 million write-down.
Disney Infinity 2.0
Disney Infinity 2.0, full title Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition), is a 2014 Avalanche Software toys-to-life game with Marvel Play Sets, an Avengers starter pack, and the series' Toy Box creation mode.
Disney Infinity 3.0
Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015) was Disney's third and final toys-to-life game, built around Star Wars play sets, with a $64.99 starter pack, overhauled combat, and Toy Box Speedway/Takeover; cancelled May 2016 with a $147 million charge.
Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Interactive Studios, Inc., formerly Buena Vista Games, was Disney's video game publishing and development unit from February 8, 2007 until May 10, 2016, when Disney Infinity was discontinued and Disney shifted to licensing its characters to outside game developers.
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney's Animal Kingdom: zoological theme park at Walt Disney World, Florida, opened April 22, 1998; also called Disney's Wild Animal Kingdom in development. Disney's largest park at 500 acres, with Kilimanjaro Safaris, the 145-foot Tree of Life, and Tropical Americas replacing DinoLand U.S.A. in 2027.
Disney's River Country
Disney's River Country: Walt Disney World's first water park, opened June 20, 1976 beside Fort Wilderness on Bay Lake, closed September 1, 2001, demolished 2019; site now Disney Lakeshore Lodge.