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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: all sorts of senses #55586 02/08/2002 7:13 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Dingy: din·gy [1] (dĭn'jç) Darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored. Shabby, drab, or squalid. [Possibly from Middle English dinge, dung, variant of dung. See dung.] ding·y [2] (dĭng'ç) adj. Slang. Crazy; insane. Atomica doesn't give me any etymology for this, but I'm not seeing a clear connection from dung. Howzat? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted 2 for the money of troy 02/06/2002 2:00 PM Re: 2 for the money wow 02/06/2002 2:27 PM Re: 2 for the money tsuwm 02/06/2002 2:40 PM Re: 2 for the money wow 02/07/2002 7:48 PM Re: 2 for the money of troy 02/07/2002 8:15 PM Re: 2 for the money wwh 02/06/2002 2:48 PM Re: 2 for the money slithy toves 02/06/2002 2:53 PM Re: 2 for the money Rubrick 02/06/2002 3:11 PM Re: 2 for the money Faldage 02/06/2002 4:08 PM Re: 2 for the money tsuwm 02/06/2002 3:23 PM Re: 2 for the money of troy 02/06/2002 4:38 PM Re: 2 for the money Keiva 02/06/2002 4:42 PM Re: 2 for the money Rubrick 02/06/2002 2:51 PM Re: 2 for the money emanuela 02/06/2002 4:22 PM Re: many for the money Keiva 02/06/2002 4:26 PM Re: many for the money of troy 02/06/2002 8:37 PM Perhaps not exactly what you're looking for, but TheFallibleFiend 02/06/2002 4:56 PM Re: Perhaps not exactly what you're looking for, b Jazzoctopus 02/06/2002 6:27 PM Re: Perhaps not exactly what you're looking for, b doc_comfort 02/07/2002 4:54 AM Re: The Three Lays? WhitmanO'Neill 02/07/2002 5:25 AM Re: The Three Lays? Keiva 02/07/2002 12:30 PM Re: 2 for the money Bingley 02/07/2002 4:25 AM Re: 2 for the money stales 02/07/2002 1:02 PM Re: 2 for the money AnnaStrophic 02/07/2002 2:52 PM Re: bella donna Keiva 02/07/2002 7:07 PM Re: bella donna (comment) Faldage 02/07/2002 7:13 PM Re: bella donna (comment) of troy 02/07/2002 7:27 PM Re: bella donna (comment) Keiva 02/07/2002 7:41 PM Re: bella donna (comment) Capital Kiwi 02/07/2002 9:03 PM Re: all sorts of rags WhitmanO'Neill 02/08/2002 2:54 AM Re: all sorts of rags maverick 02/08/2002 11:11 AM Re: all sorts of senses tsuwm 02/08/2002 4:44 PM Re: root Faldage 02/08/2002 5:05 PM Re: root tsuwm 02/08/2002 5:33 PM Re: all sorts of senses of troy 02/08/2002 5:58 PM Re: all sorts of senses tsuwm 02/08/2002 7:06 PM Re: all sorts of senses Fiberbabe 02/08/2002 7:13 PM Re: all sorts of senses TheFallibleFiend 02/08/2002 9:35 PM three-or-more meanings/origins ? wofahulicodoc 02/08/2002 9:52 PM Re: three-or-more meanings/origins ? of troy 02/09/2002 3:28 PM Re: all sorts of senses of troy 02/09/2002 3:38 PM Re: all sorts of senses stales 02/14/2002 2:18 AM Re: all sorts of senses Faldage 02/14/2002 2:41 PM M-W Word o the Day strikes again Faldage 02/21/2002 1:38 PM I'm not sure they're entirely unrelated TheFallibleFiend 02/07/2002 7:23 PM Re: 2 for the money Bingley 02/08/2002 5:17 AM Re: 2 for the money Faldage 02/11/2002 7:09 PM Re: 2 for the money Keiva 02/11/2002 7:15 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,310 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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