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dingus

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋɡəs/

name

Etymology: Probably an Americanized spelling of German Dinges.

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Probably of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch dinges (“thingamajig, thingy; whatshisname, whatshername”), ding (“thing”). Probably also partly a borrowing from Afrikaans in view of its South African occurrence. The spelling dingus is remodeled to look like a Latin word ending in -us.

  1. A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.

    “"If anybody should come in, and catch you with your breeches, as it were, down on the floor, all you have to do is to drink the water, wrap the rubber dingus around you, and tell them to “lay on Macduff.””

    “WLK. First radio station. On December 31, 1921, local engineer Francis F. Hamilton's radio station, 9ZJ, signed on with an address from Mayor Samuel (Lew) Shank. Broadcasting from Hamilton's garage at 2011 North Alabama Street, Shank made the city's first radio blooper: "Hamilton, do you mean to tell me that people can actually hear me over that damn' dingus?"”

  2. A foolish, incompetent, or silly person.

    “I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus.”

  3. The penis.

    “"He got mad at me because his dingus wouldn’t come up for him — too drunk, I guess. […]”

    “And Chester Charles Smithers sucked on that warm black dingus for as long as he could.”