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Acronym standing for Do Good By Stealth. Originally part of a longer phrase “Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame” it can be found in “An Essay on Man” by Alexander Pope. What it means is to do a good deed for someone or to make a donation to charity without anyone knowing that you have done so. You do it because it’s a good thing to do and you do it in such a way that no-one finds out about it. This means that it is the total opposite of what some so-called celebrities do, namely, supporting a charity with as much self-aggrandising publicity and bullshit as possible to try to revive their non-existent careers. It’s also completely different to some mega-rich waster making a huge donation to charity as a status symbol. DGBS is done in a way that avoids recognition, so it is an end in itself, and what is gained is self-respect.
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