dingleberry

[ding-guhl-ber-ee]

noun

plural

dingleberries 

1. Slang.,  a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dingleberry¹

1920–25; perhaps dingle + berry; perhaps by association with dangle

Example Sentences

For those of us who always thought Trump was a dingleberry, it may not seem readily apparent how much he's really gotten a boost from the widespread assumption that wealth comes attached to inherent smarts.

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Anyway, I also told you all that because I don’t want you to think I’m some dingleberry weakstick whose mama is so gross that people don’t even want to eat next to me.

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"Most of them weren't saying anything to me but it was Debbie Dingell — like a dingleberry — she started fussing at me, telling me I needed to be civil to my colleagues and act the way I would act going to church."

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“That was a close one. Thank goodness for the Double Reverse Dingleberry.”

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“I tried to look like Kate Hudson but ended up looking like a golden retriever’s dingleberry,” a woman who recently dyed her hair blond says in “Compliments,” a sketch from the first season of the Comedy Central series “Inside Amy Schumer.”

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When To Use

What does dingleberry mean?

A dingleberry is a term for a small piece of poop clinging to the butt of a human or animal. It’s sometimes used as a way to call someone “foolish” or "stupid."And yes, there's an actual fruit-bearing plant called a dingleberry. It's a kind of cranberry.