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dingleberry, n. orig. U.S.|ˈdɪŋg(ə)lˌbɛrɪ, -ˌb(ə)rɪ|
[f. dingle, of uncertain origin (perh. dingle n. or as in dingbat n.), + berry n.1]
1. U.S. A cranberry, Vaccinium erythrocarpum, of the south-eastern U.S.
1952B. C. Blackburn Trees & Shrubs Eastern N. Amer. 334 Dingleberry, Vaccinium erythrocarpum. 1974G. Usher Dict. Plants used by Man 594/2 V. erythrocarpum Michx. (Bear Berry, Dingleberry, Mountain Cranberry). S.E. N. America.
2. Transferred uses.
a. pl. Dried faecal matter attached to the hair around the anus. Also transf. slang (orig. U.S.).
1953Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §124/2 Dingbats, dingleberries, dried adherent dung. 1972B. Rodgers Queens' Vernacular 19 Dingle-berries (late '50s–late '60s), dried globs of feces hanging to the anal hairs of an unfastidious person. Ibid. 25 Ass... Syn: dingle-berry pie (early '60s); salad bowl (late '50s). 1974R. K. Mueller Buzzwords ii. 67 Taken from the trade colloquialism referring to the splattered molten particles around a metallic weld on a pipe or vessel. His presentation ‘left a lot of dingleberries’ means he splattered thoughts and inferences all around the main task.
b. A fool, a stupid person. slang.
1969L. Michaels Going Places 158, I..screeched, ‘What a dingleberry.’ 1990Righting Words Spring 11/2 Dingleberry, a socially inept person. ‘Tell that dingleberry I'm not here.’
c. pl. The female breasts. slang.
1980Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 9 May 447/1 Daddy says tits. Daddy says knockers and jugs and bazooms and dingleberries and jujubes. And then he laughs and goes ‘wuff! wuff!’ |