D-girl
n.— «Demi’s “production company” is simply a vanity shell deal at Columbia Pictures. All the above-the-title actors have them to soothe their egos. Essentially, the studio gives them a few hundred thou to pay a D-girl or D-boy to “develop” scripts for them.» —“Re: Liking Demi Moore” by duke@nnbbs.com Usenet: alt.showbiz.gossip Jan. 6, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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