darty

See also: Darty

English

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑɹ.ti/, [ˈdɑɹɾi]
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti

Etymology 1

Blend of day +‎ party.

Noun

darty (plural darties)

1. (university slang, Canada, US) A party held in the daytime.

   Synonyms: dage, dayger

   • 2019 March 17, Alex Scimecca, “Raise a Pint of Guinness on St. Patrick's Day With These Historical Photos”, in Fortune‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:

     As Americans toast Saint Patrick on March 17 in parades and darties (day parties), Ireland will celebrate the saint day in a much more holy fashion.

   • 2022 June 22, Meredith Dietz, “How to Day Drink Without Overdoing It”, in Lifehacker Australia‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-12-13:

     I love drinking during the day. We've written before about the virtues of using jam to make any booze morning-appropriate, as well as how to make the perfect backyard drink. You never know when a chill outdoor hang might transition into a full-on "darty" (day + party).

   • 2023 March 2, Lauren Medeiros, “The Belfort parking lot holds the wildest darty around”, in The Western Gazette‎^[3], archived from the original on 2023-03-27:

     Pavel Beletski, videographer for the darties, feels it's the social element that has brought about the popularity of darties.

   • 2023 March 16, Eli Curwin, “Boston colleges warn students against 'BORGs' as St. Patrick's Day approaches”, in Boston.com‎^[4], archived from the original on 2023-04-04:

     As thousands of students flock to darties, parties, and parades this St. Patrick's Day, colleges in Boston are warning their students to be wary of 'BORGs.'

Verb

darty (third-person singular simple present darties, present participle dartying, simple past and past participle dartied)

1. (university slang, Canada, US) To participate in a darty.
   • 2017 April 25, Sophie G. Garrett, “Darty Season: Pros and Cons”, in The Harvard Crimson‎^[5], Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Crimson, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 April 2023:

     It's very hard to rally once the alcohol and adrenaline wears off, so the choice to darty is the choice to not party that night.

   • 2019 April 29, Britton O'Daly, “Hundreds to boycott DKE Tang”, in Yale Daily News‎^[6], →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-25:

     "We all know post-Fling Sunday is a day to darty! And in the wake of campus conversations about supporting survivors and denouncing sexual misconduct, partying is political," reads the event's description.

   • 2022 August 15, Christine Ji, “Broken Ankles and Barriers to Accessibility: Reflections from a Skater-Turned-Scooter Girl”, in The Georgetown Voice‎^[7], →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-07:

     I heard an ominous snap as I fell. Laying on the jagged cobblestones, all I could do was take shaky breaths as I reeled from the white-hot pain. The frat bros dartying a stone's throw away paid no attention to my crumpled figure.

Etymology 2

From dart +‎ -y.

Adjective

darty (comparative dartier or more darty, superlative dartiest or most darty)

1. Tending to dart; tending to make quick and sudden moves, especially to the side.
   • 1887 September, Alex H. Japp, “Up in the Morning Early”, in Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, volume 263, number 1881, page 296:

     Then the tits—particularly the blue tits—begin to flash like light from tree to tree, with their tweenk, tweenk, tweenk; one of the prettiest but most pugnacious of birds; and if you are near water, the wanton wagtails are never long out of it, with their pert and sidelong glance and darty walk, and quaint call seldom used; and they shake and preen and trim themselves, as it were, into harmony with their surroundings, like fashionable ladies at a tea party.

   • 2007, Marian Keyes, Anybody Out There:

     'It's a different kind of pain now,' I'd say. 'Remember when I said it was a kind of hummy ache? Well, it's changed. More darty.'

   • 2013, Inherit the Dead:

     His eyes were red but a lot less darty.

   • 2019, Alex Poppe, Moxie:

     Her darty eyes land on me.

   • 2020, Hannah M. Sandoval, Arcamira:

     The little dog's not half as interesting as you, but those darty eyes of his are always looking out for trouble.

   • 2020, Edwin Jones, Ted Made Me Write This, page 99:

     But he was orange, small dog size, very fast and darty, big bushy tail and white underside.

   • 2022, Jerry Izenberg, "No Medals for Trying": Eagles @ Giants:

     See—he's kind of a darty runner who will try and make you miss.

2. Of a car: having a sharp turning radius and tight steering that is responsive to slight turns of the wheel.
   • 2017 May 17, Andrew English, “Old-time machine: Can this 1904 Vauxhall handle Britain in the 21st Century?”, in The Daily Telegraph‎^[8], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:

     Tiller steering is not for the faint-hearted. It is darty, like a ferret on a lead. Left turns involve pulling the short lever awkwardly into your tummy, and then there's the thought that any kind of impact could involve the driver being skewered like a cocktail sausage.

   • 2006 August 2, Dan Neil, “A real roadster in its blood”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[9], Los Angeles, L.A.: Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-10:

     The steering has good self-centering behavior at high speed but the Sky never loses that alert, slightly darty feel of a roadster.

   • 2015, Larry Webster, Iconic Cars 5-Book Bundle:

     “The white M3 is the dartiest of the three; it feels like it's the most on edge and I think for a really good drive it's the most fun,” says Bornhop.

   • 2019 November 15, Brendan McAleer, “A zippy, trippy celebration for the Mazda MX-5′s 30th birthday”, in The Globe and Mail‎^[10], Toronto, O.N.: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-04:

     The second-generation car is a darty little performance bargain.

Etymology 3

Adjective

darty (comparative dartier, superlative dartiest)

1. Pronunciation spelling of dirty.
   • 1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter II, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 22:

     […] I'd want you for to know better, you blackguard, than to call my new obercoat a darty one!

   • 1875, Anne Jane Cupples, Young Bright-eye; or, Charlie Harvey’s First Voyage, page 173:

     Ver fine goods for ole darty blankets, boot for shoe, black dog for white monkey.

   • 1915 July, J. W. F., “Bob Sawyer and Ben Allen: Vindicated by a Doctor”, in Bertram Waldrom Matz, editor, The Dickensian, volume 11, number 7, page 188:

     "The dartier the cosier" was no exploded maxim then; indeed before the advent of Listerism, corporal, domestic, or communal cleanliness did not really exist; and in those hydrophobic times the direst punishment you could mete out to an enemy was to put him under the pump, or to duck him in a horse-trough.

   • 2000, Rufus Juskus, Blueprint, page 61:

     Yeah, well, you're a darty old fart.

   • 2020, M. Brooke McCullough, J. E. Boydston, Canarytown City of Grief:

     Aye, matey, it's a darty job, but me throat got plenty parched.

References

• “darty n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdar.tɘ/
• Rhymes: -artɘ
• Syllabification: dar‧ty

Participle

darty (passive adjectival)

1. masculine singular passive adjectival participle of drzeć

Declension

Declension of darty (hard)

singular					plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative	darty		darta	darte	darci	darte
genitive	dartego		dartej	dartego	dartych
dative	dartemu		dartej	dartemu	dartym
accusative	dartego	darty	dartą	darte	dartych	darte
instrumental	dartym		dartą	dartym	dartymi
locative	dartym		dartej	dartym	dartych

Noun

darty

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dart

Further reading

• darty in Polish dictionaries at PWN