Dibs is defined as a slang term for a claim to something.
In How I Met Your Mother, dibs is constantly used by Barney Stinson, who thinks he can call things just by saying them.
The dibs for claiming the car's front seat is called shotgun.
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- In The Chain of Screaming, Barney calls shotgun, or dibs, for eternity in Ted's car.
- In Three Days of Snow, Ted calls dibs on the brunette after she made a Star Wars reference, while Barney calls dibs on the blonde after learning she has daddy issues.
- Ted calls dibs on Marissa Heller in Robots Versus Wrestlers, but Barney finds her pretentious and would not have called dibs anyway.
- In Big Days, Barney calls dibs on Casey, a girl sitting in MacLaren's Pub, whom Ted is waiting to talk to. He teaches a fake history lesson on the importance of dibs. He then calls dibs on Marshall as his lawyer.
- In Landmarks, Ted and Barney both call dibs on blowing up The Arcadian. They argue about it throughout the following episode, Challenge Accepted, but Barney ultimately lets Ted push the button.
- In The Rebound Girl, Barney calls dibs on the third hypothetical nanny.
- In Tailgate, Marcus tries to call dibs on his deceased father, but Marshall calls dibs times infinity at the same time.
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