dingus
Plural: dinguses
Noun
- A gadget or device whose name is unknown or forgotten.
- A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
- A foolish, incompetent, or silly person.
- The penis.
Examples
- He used a tiny DINGUS to keep score during their Words With Friends tournament.
- I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
D, Donkey Kong, John Thomas, Jonathan, MacGuffin, Master John Goodfellow, Percy, Sorted alphabetically, Sorted by number of Google hits, Yiddish), affair, anaconda, bald-headed hermit, baloney pony, banana, bazinga, birdie, bizzo, bobby, boonga, cack, choad, choda, chode, chopper, cigar, cock, colloquial, corey, crank, cucumber, custard launcher, dealie, dealy, dick, dicklet, diddle, diddly, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dingaling, dinger, dingle, dinglehopper, dingus, dingy, dink, dinkle, dipstick, dirk, disco stick, dog bone, dohickey, dojigger, dong, donger, dongle, doo-hickey, doober, doodad, doodah, doodle, doofer, doofus, doohickey, doohickus, doohinkey, doohinkus, doojigger, doovalacky, dork, down, fire hose, foo, foobar, frammis, frobnitz, fuckpole, gadget, geegaw, gewgaw, gherkin, gimmick, gingambob, gingumbob, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, hairy canary, hammer, hickey, hodad, hog, hoo-hoo, hootenanny, hooter, hot dog, hot rod, it, jade stalk, jamoke, jawn, jigger, jimbang, jimmy, jobber, jobby, jock, johnson, joint, joystick, junk, kajigger, kielbasa, kludge, knob, lad, langer, lingam, love muscle, love sausage, love stick, love truncheon, love wand, machine, magnum, male member, man-meat, manhood, meat, meat puppet, meat rod, meat scepter, meat stick, meatstick, member, membrum virile, nature's scythe, nob, old chap, old fellow, one-eyed trouser snake, oojamaflip, organ, p-word, package, pecker, pee-pee, pee-wee, peen, pego, penis, peter, phallus, pickle, piece, piece of pork, pike, pillicock, pingas, pink cigar, pink oboe, pintle, pipe, pisser, piston, pizzle, plonker, pork sword, prick, pud, purple-headed yogurt slinger, putz, python, ramrod, rape tool, rigamajig, rod, root, rutter, salami, sausage, schlong, schmuck, sex tool, shaft, shebang, shlong, shmekl (qualifier, short arm, skin flute, snake, snausage, spitstick, stem, stretcher, stuff, sucker, swipe, tadger, tagger, tail, tallywhacker, tarse, thing, thingabob, thingamabob, thingamabobber, thingamafuck, thingamajig, thingamajigger, thingamajiggy, thingie, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingmy, thingo, thingum, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummabob, thingummajig, thingummy, thingummyjig, thingy, thingymabob, thingymajig, third leg, tic tac, ting, todger, tool, trouser monkey, trouser snake, truncheon, tube steak, unit, virile member, wang, weapon, wee-wee, weenie, weeny, whachacallit, whachamacallit, whaddayacallit, whang, whatchacallit, whatchamacallit, whatchamahoozie, whatdoyoucallit, whatdyecallem, whatnot, whatsaname, whatsis, whatsit, whatsitsname, whiff-whaff, whosiewhatsit, whosit, wick, widdler, widget, widgie, wiener, willie, willy, wingwang, winkle, winky, wossisname, wossname, wotsit, yard, ying-yang, yoke, yokibus
Scrabble Score: 8
dingus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddingus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dingus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary