Slangipedia - Slang Dictionary

1

a smelly, trashy place where people go to forget their lives and drink cheap beer like it's going out of style

I went to this dive and it smelled like old pizza and regret.

This dive has more rats than a subway car at 3 a. m.

The bar at this dive looked like it hadn't been cleaned since the '70s.

2

a dirty, poor bar where the saddest people in America come to drink bad beer and cry to old country songs

That bar is so divey, it's like a dumpster fire broke out inside.

The dive was so dirty, I almost got a tattoo just to escape it.

I went to that dive and cried with the old man who plays the same song every night.

3

a bar or restaurant that's kind of cool, kind of terrible, and sometimes makes you regret your life choices

That bar is a dive sometimes, but it's got a vibe.

The restaurant was a dive, but the pizza was good enough to make me forget.

I went to the dive and it was just okay, which is the worst thing about it.

4

a dirty, smelly, broke-down place where you can barely stand because it's so gross and you're so broke

The dive was so dirty, I thought I was in a trash can.

That hotel was a dive, and I almost got a rash from the bed.

The restaurant was a dive, and the food looked like it was from the '90s.

5

when you 'take a dive' you're basically saying 'I'm gonna lose this fight on purpose because I don't want to win and deal with the consequences'

He took a dive in the match and lost on purpose.

She took a dive and got a free beer for her trouble.

He took a dive so he could go home and eat pizza instead of winning.

6

when you go 'dive' you're falling like a drunk man from a rooftop into a pool, sometimes a person, sometimes a brick wall

He dove into the pool and almost broke his leg.

She dove into a person and got a face full of spaghetti.

He dove into a wall and got a headache so bad, he forgot how to breathe.

7

diving is when you jump off a platform and think you're cool, even though you're just a weird Asian kid who's good at it

He dives like a pro, even though he's just Asian and weird.

She dives off the platform like she's in a movie.

He dives every day and still doesn't know why.