dingaling
Scatterbrained silly person
A dingaling is a foolish or scatterbrained person—someone not quite all there: Don't be such a dingaling.
The word evokes the light, empty sound of a small bell, suggesting a head with nothing solid inside.
It remains a mild, almost affectionate insult, more playful than cutting.
Also spelled ding-a-ling.
Frivolous or absurd
- goofyAmusingly foolish or absurd
- scatterbrainedLacking mental focus
- airheadFoolish, flighty person
- ditzySilly and scattered
dimwit · nitwit · numbskull · birdbrain · simpleton · dunce · doofus · nincompoop
silly
Frivolous or absurd
- goofyAmusingly foolish or absurd
- scatterbrainedLacking mental focus
- airheadFoolish, flighty person
ditzy · dimwit · nitwit · numbskull · birdbrain · simpleton · dunce · doofus · nincompoop · bonehead
ring
Closed curve shape
clang · peal · dong · toll · trill · clapper · doorbell · bicycle bell · sleigh bell · tinkling
insult
Offensive remark or action
tease · putdown · jibe · derision · sneer · scorn · diss · razz · rib · mock
dingalinggenius
Person of rare brilliance
mastermind · brainiac · intellectual · whiz · Einstein
dingalingstraight arrow
Honest, principled person
rock · professional · grown-up · pragmatist · realist