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Dingus vs Stupid - What's the difference?

dingus | stupid |

As nouns the difference between dingus and stupid

is that dingus is something whose name is either unknown or forgotten; a thingamajig while stupid is a stupid person; a fool.

As an adjective stupid is

lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.

As an adverb stupid is

(slang|dated) extremely.

dingus

English

Noun

(es)
  • Something whose name is either unknown or forgotten; a thingamajig.
  • * 1953 , (Raymond Chandler), The Long Goodbye , Penguin 2010, p. 29:
    • I wet the rod and measured the stuff into the top and and by that time the water was steaming. I filled the lower half of the dingus and set it on the flame.
  • * 1979 , (Kyril Bonfiglioli), After You with the Pistol , Penguin 2001, p. 241:
    • ‘Say, what’s that dingus you Britishers wear when you’re playing cricket?’
  • A fool or incompetent person.
    • I just lost my keys again. Now I feel like a dingus .
  • (slang, vulgar) penis
  • * 1970 , Don Tracy, The Last Boat Out of Cincinnati , Trident Press (1970), ISBN 9780671270568, page 74:
    • "He got mad at me because his dingus wouldn’t come up for him — too drunk, I guess.

    See also

    * doofus (2) English placeholder terms

    stupid

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
    • Because it's a big stupid jellyfish!
  • To the point of stupor.
    • Neurobiology bores me stupid .
  • (archaic) Characterized by or in a state of stupor; paralysed.
  • * 1702 Alexander Pope, Sappho 128:
    • No sigh to rise, no tear had pow'r to flow, Fix'd in a stupid lethargy of woe.
  • (archaic) Lacking sensation; inanimate; destitute of consciousness; insensate.
  • * 1744 George Berkeley, Siris §190:
    • Were it not for [fire], the whole wou'd be one great stupid inanimate mass.
  • (slang) Amazing.
    • That dunk was stupid! His head was above the rim!
  • (slang) damn, annoying, darn
    • I fell over the stupid wire.

    Synonyms

    * dense, dumb, retarded, unintelligent * (especially in the Caribbean) stupidy * See also

    Derived terms

    * stupe * stupefy * stupid-ass * stupidity * stupidly * stupidness

    Related terms

    * stupor * stupendous

    References

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    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (slang, dated) Extremely.
    • My gear is stupid fly.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stupid person; a fool.
  • * 1910 , , ‘The Strategist’, Reginald in Russia :
    • ‘You stupid !’ screamed the girls, ‘we've got to guess the word.’
  • * 1922 , Elizabeth G. Young, Homestead ranch
    • "What a stupid I am!" Harry exclaimed, as she watched the man ride away in the distance.
  • * 1996 , Anita Rau Badamim, Tamarind Mem
    • At least those stupids got their money's worth out of this country before they burnt their lungs out.
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