Etymology
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DINK

acronym for double income, no kids, popular from 1987.

dink (n.1)

"drop-shot," in lawn tennis, 1939, probably somehow imitative. As a verb by 1942. Related: Dinked; dinking.

dink (n.2)

derogatory for "Vietnamese," 1969, U.S. military slang, of uncertain origin.

updated on August 20, 2018

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