"dabloon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dabloons [plural], doubloon [alternative]
Rhymes: -uːn Etymology: From English doubloon, a former Spanish gold coin. Etymology templates: {{m+|en|doubloon}} English doubloon Head templates: {{en-noun}} dabloon (plural dabloons), {{tlb|en|Internet slang|chiefly|humorous}} (Internet slang, chiefly humorous)
  1. A fictional currency among certain TikTok users, earned and lost by random encounters while scrolling. Tags: Internet, humorous
    Sense id: en-dabloon-en-noun-45gcdvNr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, TikTok Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of TikTok: 98 2
  2. (by extension) A dollar, or any other form of currency. Tags: Internet, broadly, humorous
    Sense id: en-dabloon-en-noun-6QwdkBDs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Dabloonian

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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