dingbanger

Term related to an archaic device from The Before Time, The Long Long Ago. Refers to the carriage advance lever on a typewriter, so named for the characteristic *ding* made by the machine upon pushing the lever, and the *BANG!* sound made as the carriage returned to the left margin.

"To move to the next line, just slap the dingbanger."

by phuqueyeah March 22, 2021