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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-19-06 01:37 PM
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Anyone know how to make a Dingbat?
I love the interweb. :D

dingbat (from the Online Etymology Dictionary):
1838, Amer.Eng., "some kind of alcoholic drink," of unknown origin.
One of that class of words (e.g. dingus, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingumabob) which are conjured up to supply names for items whose proper names are unknown or not recollected.
Used at various periods for "money," "a professional tramp," "a muffin," "a typographical ornament," "male genitalia," "a Chinese," "an Italian," "a woman who is neither your sister nor your mother," and "a foolish person in authority." Popularized in sense of "foolish person" by TV show "All in the Family" (1971), though this usage dates from 1905.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-19-06 01:44 PM
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1. Maybe you could start a poll?
:shrug:
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-19-06 01:45 PM
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2. Poppy and Babs did a pretty good job of it.
:evilgrin:
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giant_robot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-19-06 01:47 PM
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3. Robb is some kind of alcoholic drink?
Robb is a muffin?

Robb is a typographical ornament?

Sorry, it just doesn't work! :shrug:
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-19-06 01:48 PM
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4. I've got the recipe for a Mongolian Dingbat.
Edited on Fri May-19-06 01:49 PM by tjwmason
Equal measures of white rum and coffee liqueur, blended with a scoop of ice-cream.

I'm sure that some folk like them, but sounds like it's not quite my cup-of-tea.

http://www.1001cocktails.com/recipes/cocktails/recipe_cocktail.php?recette_cocktail=105491&recipe=mongolian+dingbat
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-19-06 02:04 PM
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5. Breed you with a fertile woman?
Edited on Fri May-19-06 02:04 PM by RevCheesehead
At least half a Dingbat. :)
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