dingbatter
Dialect
- Meaning
- Outer Banks NC: an outsider, a non-islander tourist.
- Type
- Dialect Word
- Used in
- Ocracoke, North Carolina
What does “dingbatter” mean
In the Hoi Toider dialect of Ocracoke and the rest of the Outer Banks, a 'dingbatter' is a non-local — anyone not born to island life. Lightly insulting, often used for tourists fumbling with the local accent. Borrowed from the TV show All in the Family in the 1970s.
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