Meaning of Doris | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sea slug.
2. The daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.
   Greek
3. One's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
   British, slang
4. An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
5. A woman, especially when older or unattractive.
   British, slang
6. An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
7. 48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.
8. A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
9. A surname.

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Examples

“And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.”

“"My Doris—may I call you that, dearest?" "Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, call me Lalage, or Doris—only call me thine," I should have answered, if it had not been a little too sentimental.… I am afraid I omitted to state, in the proper place, that Doris is a name which has descended through a dozen generations of our family, that it belongs to myself as well as to my niece […]”

“I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.”

“I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to the office.”

“But what about that really annoying drama queen Boris ‘Doris’ Johnson who was definitely after her [Theresa May’s] job, although he kept denying it?”

“Liam [Gallagher] changed the lyrics of 1994 hit Cigarettes & Alcohol to sing: ‘Is it worth the aggravation/To find yourself a job when there’s nothing worth working for?’ The 48-year-old quickly added: ‘That’s for you f***ing Rishi [Sunak]… and f***ing Doris.’”

“Fella at work, right? He's met this Doris on a park bench, at lunch time, and he's started going out on like, dates with her!”

“It is a doris, or sea-slug, and is about of the consistence of one of those slugs so destructive to our garden flowers, but is so much more beautiful than that creature, that, were he able to understand us, we should ask pardon for the comparison.”

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