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boong

[ boong, boh-ong ]

noun

, Australian Informal: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a native of New Guinea.
  2. a contemptuous term used to refer to an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.


boong

/ buːŋ /

noun

  1. taboo.
    an Aborigine or Black person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

The unheard-of horrors of the Boong-jee-gop, coupled with the tremendous energy of the final “go!”

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