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boong
[ boong, boh-ong ]
noun
, Australian Informal: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to a native of New Guinea.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.
boong
/ buːŋ /
noun
- taboo.an Aborigine or Black person
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Word History and Origins
Origin of boong1
First recorded in 1940–45; of obscure origin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of boong1
C20: perhaps of native Australian origin
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Example Sentences
The melancholy cry of the bell-bird (dil boong, after which Bennillong named his infant child) seems to be unknown here.
From Project Gutenberg
The unheard-of horrors of the Boong-jee-gop, coupled with the tremendous energy of the final “go!”
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