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Dingleberry

//ˈdɪŋɡəɫbɛɹi// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Vaccinium erythrocarpum, the southern mountain cranberry.

    "dingleberries, or mountain-cranberries (Huge'ria, syn. Oxycoccoi'des), cranberries (Oxycoc'cus)"

  2. 2
    A stupid or foolish person. derogatory, slang
  3. 3
    Dried fecal matter adhering to anal hair. derogatory, slang
  4. 4
    Any residual irregularity following processing. dated

    "The contour of the root bead is very irregular and solidified drops of metal, "cherries" or "dingleberries," extend therefrom evidencing burn-throughs."

Etymology

Perhaps for dangle + berry.

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