boong

[ boong, boh-ong ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Australian Informal: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

boong

/ buːŋ /

Origin of boong¹

First recorded in 1940–45; of obscure origin

Origin of boong¹

C20: perhaps of native Australian origin

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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