deely bobber

noun

Etymology

Originally a trademark, suggested by the wife of product marketer John Minkove; it had been her schoolfriend's placeholder name for an unspecified object (thus perhaps from dealie).

Definitions

  1. A novelty headband, popular in the 1980s, with two springy antenna-like protrusions…

    A novelty headband, popular in the 1980s, with two springy antenna-like protrusions topped with small pompoms or other ornaments.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deely bobber. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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