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    [Verb]  | "dread" | \ ˈdred \


    1: to fear greatly

    2: to regard with awe

    3: to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan;

    [Verb]  | "dreaded" 


     [ "dreaded" ]

    1: When one acts in a manner which is overly cliche, stereotypically romantic, or resembling a scene from a Lifetime movie, or worse, the OC. These situations should always be pointed out, and the DREADED ones should be looked down upon and ridiculed behind their back.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) UGH, that girl I hooked up with last weekend called me and asked me if it meant something. The situation was so DREADED that I submitted it to the producers of Laguna Beach and they actually made into an episode! 

     [ "dreadful" ]

    1: extremely bad or serious

      * e.g.,  ... there's been a dreadful accident 

     [ "dreads" ]

    1: dreadlocks (hair style) made popular by rastas. Got its name from the 'white mans' supposed aversion to them, hence DREAD locks.

      * e.g.,  ... Bob Marley's Hair (may he rest in peace) 

     [ "dreads" ]

    1: dread-locks

      * e.g.,  ... nice dreads dude 

     [ "Dread" ]

    1: Bahamian slang for man or bey

      * e.g.,  ... mudda sick dread you see dat girl 

     [ "Dread" ]

    1: Popular Word, Caribean/Bahamian Roots. Showing astonishment.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dread...I can't belive we won..." 

     [ "dread" ]

    1: A Rastafarian. Short for "natty dread" and derived from "dreadlocks."

      * e.g.,  ... "Dread at the controls!" 

     [ "dread" ]

    1: A person who sports the ever popular dreadlock hair style.

      * e.g.,  ... One dread may say to another, "easy dread" 

     [ "Dread" ]

    1: being dread, mean

      * e.g.,  ... Gerrelle: "Ugh look at the freak, what an ugly ass bitch" 

     [ "DREAD" ]

    1: Detroit Rockers Engaged in the Abolition of Disco This was a stunt orchestrated by the Detroit, MI, hard rock radio station WRIF for see above. DREAD members pledged as follows:

      * e.g.,  ... I did have a DREAD card in my youth. (If I still had it I could have made a fortune on ebay.) 


     [ "DREAD" ]

    2: "I will never wear platform shoes.


     [ "DREAD" ]

    3: I will never wear zodiac jewelry.


     [ "DREAD" ]

    4: I will never listen to disco records and/or disco stations.


     [ "DREAD" ]

    5: Silk dresses and three piece suits are extremely suspect.


     [ "DREAD" ]

    6: A violation of any of these conditions is punishable by 'THE CHAIR'."

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