deely bobber

noun

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).

1

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

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