danglers

Noun

dangler (plural danglers)

1. (informal) A dangling modifier, especially a dangling participle.
   • Similarly, participles ending in “ing” often cause danglers in scientific writing: […]2014, Silvia M. Rogers, Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing: A Self-help Guide, page 43
2. (slang) Any body part that dangles, such as the penis, testicles, uvula, and sometimes tongue.
   • "Why do I have to feed her? Why do I have to look after her? I'm a girl. Ort doesn't have to 'cause he's a boy, 'cause he's got a dangler and I haven't."
3. A plotline that is metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang"; in other words, the plotline is forgotten, phased out and eventually dropped, and thus a resolution is never achieved.
4. (informal) A large earring that hangs down far.
   • Long hair piled high on top of the head or cut to a short, curvy crop, needs the balance provided by large, dramatic earrings. Those with tresses frizzed into Pre-Raphaelite waves will like the look of huge hoops or ethnic danglers in wood […]1985, Susi Rogol, Create a Look with Jewelry, page 22
5. (archaic) One who dangles about (loiters around) others, especially a man chasing after women.
   • ‘You see,’ she cried, ‘what a Herd of Danglers flutter around you […].’1770, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 10 January

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