Rural Dictionary

what the dilly-o

Slang or a shortening of "What is the deal, yo?". Pioneered during the Howard Stern program by one of the characters, roughly during the "O.J. Trial"

Yo, dat shizzle be wizzle, G. What the dilly-o, vato?

by Phildilio March 25, 2004

A ghost that'll appear any time at night if you dilly-dally too much. They say that if you dilly-dally too much at any time of the night, the Dilly-Dally Ghost will appear, and punch you in the noggin. Of course, he doesn't always do this. No, sometimes he eats you, or straight up murders you.

Imagine that 3 friends are at a campfire
one of the friends wants to mess around and one of them agrees.
However, the last friend is worried and warns them about the Dilly-Dally Ghost.
The two other friends ignore this and then the Dilly-Dally Ghost appears and punches them in the Noggin.
They're sure lucky to be alive! Although they have permanent brain damage...

by somebody who's in the U.S. October 26, 2019

dilly dally shilly shally

An expression used to chastize someone who is wasting time, focusing on unimportant things, procratinating, or otherwise being an emo blond-haired sissy boy.

NOTE: In Square Enix straight-to-DVD GC movie sequel to Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children, dilly dally shilly shally is used as the translation to "Zuru zuru zuru zuru" in the japanese version... WTF

Dilly dally shilly shally... Cloud, you need to save the kids before their eyes get all fucked up!

by D-kizzle May 02, 2006

Dilly Dally Shilly Shally

expression used by tifa in the "Advent Children" movie when talking to cloud. its japanese translation is つるつるつるつる, or tsuru tsuru tsuru tsuru. which is a japanese onomatopoeia for dragging.
'dilly dally shilly shally' is a way of telling someone to shut up and stop wasting time.

Girl: You just cant deal with anything, can you??
Guy: (some lame excuse)
Girl: Oh shut up.
Guy: (more lame excuse)
Girl: Dilly dally shilly shally!

(example by Christina S)

by Munchkafied February 08, 2009