2007-01-25 04:52:34 · 19 answers · asked by brandy_springstead 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A font in Windows or:
ding·bat /ˈdɪŋˌbæt/
–noun
1.Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
2.dingus.
3.Printing. an ornamental piece of type for borders, separators, decorations, etc.
4.an object, as a brick, serving as a missile.
[Origin: 1830–40; orig. uncert.]
2007-01-25 05:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by Mike M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Archie Bunker, (All in the Family) his wife Edith is a dingbat.....lIf you're familiar with that TV show, you should know what a dingbat is......
2007-01-25 13:18:16 · answer #2 · answered by Jade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure if its a real word or not but it is generally used to describe a person who is well...dingy...LOL A person who is goofy like i think...its not like idiot which would question thier intelligence its more to describe someone or yourself when you screw up something thats not a big deal. Hence the phrase Im such a dingbat.
2007-01-25 12:56:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dingbat is the cousin of a snapperhead and a whippersnapper.
2007-01-25 12:56:15 · answer #4 · answered by Bayou Brigadier 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a spacer used in typesetting by printers.
Actually it's two words, "ding"ing which is to place the spacer where required, and "bat"ing, which means to have it ready for inking.
Therefore, dingbat. :-)
2007-01-25 13:40:04 · answer #5 · answered by ~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's someone who doesn't know what they want to do or not to do. Maybe they got hit in the head by a 2x4. Can also be considered a dunderhead, or a dodder-a stupid person. Hope that helps:)
2007-01-25 18:45:35 · answer #6 · answered by Ferris N. Wilcox, Jr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cute chick that can have fun in any situation!
That Vonage chick on the beach wanting to swim with the dolphins.
2007-01-25 12:58:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if a person is called that; a foolish or erratic person. also a stick suitable for throwing; in printing, any of various decorative marks, as at the beginning of a paragraph.
it's ding bat
2007-01-25 13:04:22 · answer #8 · answered by gigglings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dingbat----->paris hilton, pamela andreson, Hillary duff, paula abdual and the list goes on........ect
(Now you get it?)
2007-01-25 13:33:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In printing, it is a small design of some kind.
2007-01-25 13:00:21 · answer #10 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋