doris

1. A sea slug.

   It is a doris, or sea-slug, and is about of the consistence of one of those slugs so destructive to our garden flowers, but is so much more beautiful than that creature, that, were he able to understand us, we should ask pardon for the comparison.

   1858, The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading, page 536

plural Dorises

1. Greekhuman sciencesThe daughter of Oceanus, who married Nereus and bore fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.

   And snowy neckd Doris, and milkewhite Galathæa.

   1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 49

2. An ancient region of Asia Minor, modern Turkey, inhabited by the ancient Dorians.
3. An ancient mountainous region of Greece, the traditional homeland of the Dorians.
4. astronomy48 Doris, a main belt asteroid.

   Synonyms: 48 Doris, ㊽

5. A female given name from Ancient Greek, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.

   I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.

   1989, Judy Carter, Stand-up Comedy: A Book, →ISBN, page 35

   2 more examples

   "My Doris—may I call you that, dearest?" "Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, call me Lalage, or Doris—only call me thine," I should have answered, if it had not been a little too sentimental.… I am afraid I omitted to state, in the proper place, that Doris is a name which has descended through a dozen generations of our family, that it belongs to myself as well as to my niece […]

   1866, Mary A. Prescott, “Doris Daylesford, A Story”, in Beadle's Monthly Magazine of To-day, volume 2, page 149

   The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.

   2008 May 30, Felicia R. Lee, “Harry Potter Prequel for Charity”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023

6. A surname.
7. UKderogatorygovernmentNickname for Boris Johnson (born 1964), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.

   I look forward to Doris' "wise" words on the subject once he gets back to the office.

   2008 June 1, Brian Watson, “Re: Booze Cruise”, in england.local.london (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Jan 2026

   2 more examples

   But what about that really annoying drama queen Boris ‘Doris’ Johnson who was definitely after her [Theresa May’s] job, although he kept denying it?

   2018 December 14, Maxine Gordon, “Brexit needs a magic solution”, in The Press, York, North Yorkshire: Newsquest, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 4

   Liam [Gallagher] changed the lyrics of 1994 hit Cigarettes & Alcohol to sing: ‘Is it worth the aggravation/To find yourself a job when there’s nothing worth working for?’ The 48-year-old quickly added: ‘That’s for you f***ing Rishi [Sunak]… and f***ing Doris.’

   2020 December 6, Andrei Harmsworth, “Lewis Capaldi admits mum is ‘afraid’ he’ll fall into drugs and alcohol but his acid reflux won’t let him”, in Metro, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2020

   Synonyms: BoJo, Bozza

plural Dorises

1. UKslangOne's girlfriend, wife or significant other.
2. UKslangA woman, especially when older or unattractive.

   Fella at work, right? He's met this Doris on a park bench, at lunch time, and he's started going out on like, dates with her!

   2008 June 27, Michael Holden, “Michael Holden's All ears”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

1. A surname.

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