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DM stands for “Direct Message.”
A DM is a private message between two people, usually on a social media website or app.
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This usually refers to an unsolicited private message with romantic or sexual overtones.
Most of the time, the person “sliding into DMs” is a stranger to the recipient.
A few have tried to rename private messages, including Twitch.
The official name for private messages on Twitter was and still is direct messages.
Most are fairly niche and don’t refer to messaging or communication.
It can be used on its own, or be pluralized by adding an “s,” e.g.
It can even be used in the past tense by adding “ed” or “’d.”
