dingus
A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for…A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
» "I like the guy, but his grammar is atrocious. Just look!" "Uh, that's spelling, you dingus."
Значення
значень: 3(Канада, Південна Африка, США, розмовне)A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
(Канада, США, зневажливе, endearing, жартівливе, розмовне, іноді)A foolish, incompetent, or silly person.
I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus.
(сленг, вульгарне)The penis.
Приклади
речень: 1"I like the guy, but his grammar is atrocious. Just look!" "Uh, that's spelling, you dingus."
Походження
Probably of multiple origins. Partially a borrowing from Dutch dinges (“thingamajig, thingProbably of multiple origins. Partially a borrowing from Dutch dinges (“thingamajig, thingy; whatshisname, whatshername”), ding (“thing”). Probably also partially a borrowing from Afrikaans in view of its South African occurrence. The spelling dingus is a pseudo-Latinism to look like a Latin word ending in -us.
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