nong

American  

[nong] / nɒŋ /

noun

Australian and New Zealand Informal.

1. a foolish, incompetent person.

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nong British  

/ nɒŋ /

noun

1. slang a stupid or incompetent person

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Etymology

Origin of nong

1940–45; probably by shortening of Australian and earlier British slang ning-nong, ning-nang fool, perhaps expressive variants of earlier nigmenog fool, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Google "nong poy" if you want to see just how beautiful and feminine they can be Can I be friends with them?

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2016

Mo, in the Algonquin, means excrement; gwau is a personal term; o, the accusative; and nong, place.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

It was really not long before she understood much more than "wee and nong" when she was present at a business interview.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Men day-bwe-taw- we-mon kaice ogwisson paw-ye-zhe-go-nedjin Jesus Krist te-bay-ne-me- nong.

From History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan A Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author by Blackbird, Andrew J.