Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "dama" ita ce al'adar cin gajiyar damammaki a duk lokacin da suka taso, ba tare da la'akari da ka'idoji ko dabi'u ba. Yana nufin halin yin amfani da yanayi don amfanin kai, sau da yawa ba tare da la’akari da ɗabi’a ko ɗabi’a ba. Sau da yawa ana alakanta dama-da-kai da rashin karkatacciya da kuma son yin sulhu da ka’idojin mutum don cimma burin mutum. A cikin mahallin siyasa, sau da yawa yana nufin
1. The warship, along with two scheduled for future duty, were one part junkyard opportunism and two parts radical reverse-engineering.