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Dibs
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Calling "'''''dibs'''''" or "'''''dips'''''" is the [[American English]] term, also known as "bags" or "bagsy" in England and Ireland, for an informal convention where one declares a first claim to something to which no one else has a clearly recognized right. Many kids use dibs to claim something.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/12/no_one_seems_to.html |archiveurl=http://wayback.archive.org/web/20060901071726/http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/12/no_one_seems_to.html |archivedate=2006-09-01 | |title=No one seems to have dibs on word's origins |first=Eric |last=Zorn |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=December 15, 2005}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Riding shotgun]]
* [[Parking chair]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{wiktionary-inline}}

[[Category:American cultural conventions]]⏎
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