Dub

See also: dub, DUB, dub-, and Dub.

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of Dubliner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌb/
• Rhymes: -ʌb

Noun

Dub (plural Dubs)

1. (Ireland, colloquial) A Dubliner.
   • 1993, Mary P. Corcoran, Irish Illegals: Transients Between Two Societies, page 138:

     There is a distinction between Dubliners on the one hand and "rednecks" on the other. […] The Dubs historically went to Liverpool and Birmingham, so they don't have the connections.

   • 1994, Patrick O'Dea, A Class of Our Own: Conversations About Class in Ireland, page 51:

     I did the Pat Kenny show one night and talked about coming from the bottom up, and I got numerous letters, saying to hear somebody with a Dub accent running the brewery was unbelievable.

   • 2018, Sally Rooney, “Three Months Later (March 2014)”, in Normal People:

     Eric released her, grinning. You're a Dub anyway, he said.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dub

1. (after a qualification) Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

See also

• U of Dub

Anagrams

• BDU, BUD, Bud, DBU, bud