dinglehopper
English
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editdinglehopper (plural dinglehoppers)
- (informal) Something that one does not readily recall the name of.
- You press this, this... dinglehopper to get the motor started.
- 1989, The Little Mermaid, spoken by Ariel and Scuttle (Jodi Benson and Buddy Hackett):
- Scuttle: Human stuff, huh? Hey, lemme see. (Picks up fork.) Look at this. Wow – this is special – this is very, very unusual.
Ariel: What? What is it?
Scuttle: It's a dinglehopper! Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See, just a little twirl here and a yank there and voilà! You got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over!
Ariel: A dinglehopper!
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