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ringie-dingie en · NOUN

Etymology

From rhyming ring and ding with -ie.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of ringy-dingy.
   alt of ringy-dingy
   • Yo MK, if Audie isn't available, give me a ringie-dingie, son; you've got my number... *laughter* 1999 February 15, Doug B, “MARK KARAN at 4th St Tavern!!!!!”, in rec.music.gdead (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Oct 2025:
   • ONE RINGIE-DINGIE: A new federal regulation requires cable TV companies--notorious for being hard to contact--to answer phone calls in 30 seconds and put an actual human being on the line in another 30. 1993 July 3, “One Ringie-Dingie”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2025:
   • "Connect me to FairyNet, and then vanish for a while." "Uh, yeah, good idea, boss." "Get me Griselda, please." There is a pause, and then a nasal voice says, "One ringie-dingie. Two ringie-dingies. Three ringie-dingies." In the middle of the fourth ringie-dingie, a booming bass voice says, "Hello?" 1996 October 2, cllrstud@concentric.net, “They Also Shoot Fairies (Part 8 of 9)”, in alt.books.m-lackey (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Oct 2025:

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