dingus

Noun

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.” - 1879, George...
   • 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...
   • "He took the this-is-unheard-of-but-not-really-serious-of-course attitude of a street fakir whose mechanical dingus flops during a demonstration." - 1929, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest:

   Synonyms: thingamajig Sorted by number of Google hits widget hickey gizmo thingy gimmick thingie jigger gismo gubbins whatsit doodad whatchamacallit doohickey thingo thingamabob thingummy whatsis thingumajig thingumabob whatchacallit Sorted alphabetically affair

2. A foolish, incompetent, or silly person.
   • I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus.

   Synonyms: doofus

3. The penis.
   • "He got mad at me because his dingus wouldn’t come up for him — too drunk, I guess. […] - 1970, Don Tracy, The Last Boat Out of Cincinnati, Trident Press, published 1970, →ISBN, page 74:
   • And Chester Charles Smithers sucked on that warm black dingus for as long as he could. - 2015, Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight, spoken by Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson):
   • How come you can say dink when you're talking about your jobs but I can't say dink when I'm talking about my dingus? - 2018, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, 3 Scenes Plus a Tag From a Marriage, spoken by Bart Simpson (Nancy...

   Synonyms: dink anaconda baloney pony bald-headed hermit banana birdie bobby boonga cack choad choda chode chopper cigar cock corey crank cucumber custard launcher D dick dicklet diddle diddly