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nong

[nong]

noun Australian and New Zealand Informal.

a foolish, incompetent person.

Origin:
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

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nong (nɒŋ)

—n
	slang (Austral) a stupid or incompetent person

[C19: perhaps alteration of obsolete English dialect nigmenog silly fellow, of unknown origin]

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