Talk:dingy

RFV discussion: August 2014–March 2015
Rfv-sense: (childish) Penis.

I created this from Wikisaurus:penis. Any attestation? . Also.

An informal extra-process question to the native speakers: from memory, do you recognize this word as meaning "penis"? --Dan Polansky (talk) 10:26, 10 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I don't recognise it. There are thingy and dingus, however. Equinox ◑ 10:49, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
 * I also do not recognise it, but I would know what its referring to if used in context, and it seems very plausible. It looks like a diminutive (or child-language form) of ding-dong, using the first element + . Though i dont withcall it per se, im sure i must have heard it over the years....somewhere...Leasnam (talk) 16:03, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Ruth Wallis recorded a song called "Davy's Dinghy", which is full of double-entendres based on this sense, but it obviously doesn't attest the spelling. It's not easy verifying anything, because the adjective sense is very common, and because the boat is spelled in a variety of ways.
 * This sense is attested with the spelling dingie, which has less interference from the adjective and boat senses, but I was also finally able to find this and this, this and this.
 * The entry needs work, since there are two pronunciations, at least one more sense, and more etymologies:


 * Etymology 1
 * Pronounced as /ˈdɪn.dʒi/
 * Adjective: drab; shabby; dirty; squalid
 * Etymology 2: somehow related to dingbat
 * Pronounced as /ˈdɪŋi/
 * Adjective: ditzy, silly, a little crazy
 * Etymology 3: the y seems to be the diminutive suffix -y
 * Pronounced as /ˈdɪŋi/
 * Noun: penis
 * Etymology 4
 * Pronounced as /ˈdɪŋi/
 * Noun: Alternative spelling of dinghy


 * There's also the matter of dingie, which is attested as an alternative spelling and/or misspelling of most (probably all) of the senses of dingy. Chuck Entz (talk) 18:58, 1 September 2014 (UTC)


 * RFV failed. Equinox ◑ 16:35, 9 March 2015 (UTC)