Ding Dongs
- noun
- /dɪŋ dɔŋz/
- Offensive
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idiota
- Everyone laughed when he acted like a ding dong during the meeting.
It was only one person that was being a Ding Dong, and he was quickly ignored.
- It was only one person that was being a Ding Dong, and he was quickly ignored.
Examples
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His silly behavior made him look like a total ding dong at the party.
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She called him a ding dong for forgetting her birthday.
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It was only one person that was being a Ding Dong, and he was quickly ignored.
Synonyms
67
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
31
9.4
An insulting word for a person who behaves in a very strange or foolish way
28
9.9
An insulting name for a person who is rude or mean
8
8.1
A person who is not very smart or acts silly
8
9.9
A rude person who is annoying or stupid
6
9.2
A person who is silly and not thinking clearly
6
9.9
An insulting name for a stupid, clumsy person
5
9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
3
7.5
A person who is not very smart and often makes silly mistakes
3
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
3
9.9
A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
3
9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
2
9.1
A person who is silly and acts foolishly
2
9.9
A man who is ordinary and not very smart
2
8.7
A person who is not very smart
2
9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
1
9.9
A person who is foolish or silly and makes simple mistakes
1
9.9
Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
1
9.8
A rude word for a person who is very stupid
1
9.9
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
1
8.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.3
A person who behaves in a silly or annoying way
1
9.9
A person who acts foolish or refuses to listen
1
9.9
A silly or foolish person used as an Australian insult
1
9.9
A person who says or does silly things
1
9.9
A foolish or silly person used as an insult
1
9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
1
9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
1
8.4
A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A very rude and foolish person
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
A person who acts in a silly, foolish way
A word for a foolish person that people say as an insult
A very rude and foolish person
A person who acts silly or foolish
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A rude, foolish person who annoys others
A person who acts in a silly, playful way
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
A teasing name for someone acting clumsy or foolish
A person who acts foolishly or is bad at what they do
A donkey or a person people think is foolish
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
ding + Dongs
This is a brand name for a manufactured snack cake, and the literal constituents ('ding' = bell-like sound; 'Dongs' is not a transparent lexical item here) do not combine to produce the meaning 'round chocolate-covered snack cake'. Brand names are arbitrary and often non-compositional, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would not be able to infer the product meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Ding Dongs as an insult likely comes from the silly bell sound 'ding dong'. Imagining someone as a ding dong is like saying their head makes a silly, empty noise, so it came to mean 'a foolish or ridiculous person'.