ringie-dingie

See also: ringie dingie

English

Etymology

From rhyming ring and ding with -ie.

Noun

ringie-dingie (plural ringie-dingies)

  1. Alternative form of ringy-dingy.
    • 1993 July 3, “One Ringie-Dingie”, in Los Angeles Times‎[1], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 October 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.
    • 1996 October 2, cllrstud@concentric.net, “They Also Shoot Fairies (Part 8 of 9)”, in alt.books.m-lackey‎[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2 October 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?"
    • 1999 February 15, Doug B, “MARK KARAN at 4th St Tavern!!!!!”, in rec.music.gdead‎[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2 October 2025:
      Yo MK, if Audie isn't available, give me a ringie-dingie, son; you've got my number... *laughter*
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