dingus.
A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
Meaning & usage
A gadget, device, or object whose name is either unknown, forgotten, or omitted for the purpose of humor.
A foolish, incompetent, or silly person.
I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus.
The penis.
Where this word comes from
Probably 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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.