DM Slide
Direct message to a crush
Example
I can't believe Lawrence's DM slide was successful. He got a date this Saturday
A slick DM slide
Related Slang
| DM | Direct message |
| Slide into your DMs | To send a direct message on Twitter |
| Shoot your shot | You should go for it |
| CYM | Check your messages |
| IM | Instant message |
| MMB | Message me back |
| msg | Message |
| PM | Private message |
| Creeper | A socially invasive person |
| DOM | Dirty old man |
| Booty call | An intimate rendezvous |
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A DM slide is a direct message (DM) sent to a crush on a social platform, such as Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. The DM is a sly way to privately message a person instead of via a user's public profile.
Since DMs are private messages (PM), people often use the DM feature to communicate with others about a sensitive matter. In the case of most DM slides, they are messages where users shoot their shots.
Typically, people who just met are the ones to perform a DM slide. However, people who are friends with someone but are also too nervous to ask their friend out may do a DM slide.
As a heads up, you cannot slide into a user's DMs without being mutuals with them (following each other). Also, if the recipient does not reciprocate your feelings, they may label you as a creeper.