Etymology

/d/egenerate

Today it means: A habitual poster on the /d/ - Hentai/Alternative board on 4chan; a member of the /d/ community. Full definition →

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From /d/ - Hentai/Alternative, an imageboard on 4chan, inspired by /b/tard. Taken from degenerate with humorous emphasis on the initial letter in reference to /d/'s stigma of degeneracy due to its content often veering into sexual fetishism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.