noun
General Slang
dunks
· noun · boston
Dunkin' — the coffee, the chain, the entire Boston food group.
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Definitions
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Boston's pet name for Dunkin' Donuts (now just Dunkin'). Functions as both the drink and the place. You don't 'grab a coffee' in Boston — you run to Dunks. There's one on every corner and the locals treat it less like fast food and more like a public utility.
“Pull over, I need a Dunks before this meeting or someone's getting fired.”
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Nike Dunks — the low-top sneakers. National streetwear sense, not Boston-specific. Context tells you which one: if it's about footwear, it's the shoes; if it's about iced coffee at 7am in February, it's the chain.
“Copped a pair of Panda Dunks for the drop.”
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dunks In A Sentence
Pull over, I need a Dunks before this meeting or someone's getting fired.
Copped a pair of Panda Dunks for the drop.
Origin & Usage
Clipping of Dunkin' Donuts, founded in Quincy, MA in 1950 — hence the Boston ownership of the term.
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