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

Word History and Origins

Origin of boong¹

First recorded in 1940–45; of obscure origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of boong¹

C20: perhaps of native Australian origin

Example Sentences

It explored “reverse racism” and included a character called Super Boong.

From The Guardian

Robin Moroney, a Tokyo-based spokesman for Google, and Kwag Se Boong, a Seoul-based spokesman for the Fair Trade Commission, declined at the time to say whether the raid took place.

From BusinessWeek

When the man is found the Boong invariably sees him first, points ahead with a laconic: "Him fella there."

From Time Magazine Archive

Humiling ang hari sa canyang alagad nang uala sa kanyat di pa natatangap, ang hiningan naman ay dagling nag-gaoad nang sa boong yatu'y di pa natutuklas.

From Project Gutenberg

Mid shout and crash and sabre flash,     And vild husaren shout De Dootchmen boorst de keller in,     Und rolled de lager out; Und in de coorlin' powder shmoke,     Vhile shtill de pullets sung, Dere shtood der Breitmann, axe in hand,     A knockin' out de boong.

From Project Gutenberg