dinglehopper

English

Noun

dinglehopper (plural dinglehoppers)

1. (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!

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:thingy.

See also

• Wikipedia article on placeholder names