User blog comment:Xhatefate/DxD Updates~/@comment-50.139.232.230-20160908195018/@comment-9595671-20160911221157

I hear that was an attempt to play off a certain trope known as Woolseyism. A term referring to Ted Woolsey who had been known for tinkering translations in a way that many agree worked better than what they would have actually been.

It's up to one's personal opinion for how the lines in DXD's dub work, but I think generally that's what they went for when due to the show's nature of being a mix of action and fanservice. While some cases of the dub lines work, I do think they overdid it.