DNI

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noun

On social media, a list of types of people who are requested not to interact with the original user posting the list.

UncommonScrabble 4

Meanings

DNI1

nounDNI (countable and uncountable, plural DNIs)

plural DNIs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of direct neural interface.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of direct normal irradiance.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of direct normal insolation.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of director of naval intelligence
  5. USabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of director of national intelligence

    “D.N.I. Gabbard is an important member of the president’s team and her work continues to serve him and this country well,” Mr. Cheung said.

    2025 June 20, Julian E. Barnes, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, quoting Steven Cheung, “Trump’s Rebuke of Gabbard Signals an Uneasy Moment”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
verb
  1. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of do not intubate.
  2. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of do not install.
  3. abbreviationinitialismhobbiesInitialism of did not improve.

DNI2

verb
  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of do not interact: a notice on social media that the specified group(s) of people are requested not to interact with the poster.

    DNI if you dislike the divinatory arts.

nounDNI (countable and uncountable, plural DNIs)

plural DNIs

  1. InternetcountableuncountableOn social media, a list of types of people who are requested not to interact with the original user posting the list.
adjectiveDNI (not comparable)
  1. Internetnot comparablepredicativeIn the list of types of people who are requested to not interact with the poster.

    You are DNI.

    1 more example

    "Enough cops down here," she agreed. She flashed back to Mukami's mental message, the brutal treatment in the hot shed, and felt unhappy uncertainty boiling in her stomach. "They know you were stealing from us? "Hell no. You guys are DNI. But I got tired of eating hospital food, so."

    2023 September 26, HarryBlank, “We Stand Divided”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024

Origin

DNI · noun, verb

Abbreviation.

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DNI · verb, noun, adjective

Initialism of do not interact.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 雷點 /雷点, 雷
  • 雷點 /雷点 (léidiǎn)online slang for prohibited people or topics
  • 雷 (léi)online slang for prohibited people or topics
Korean 지뢰
  • 지뢰 (jiroe)online slang for prohibited people or topics

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APA

DNI. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DNI

MLA

“DNI.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DNI. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “DNI,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/DNI.

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