boong

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boong

/bʊŋ/

Rhymes with -ʊŋ

Where it comes from

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* Malay bung (“brother”),

* Indonesian dialectal bung (“brother”)

* A New Guinea native language

* An Aboriginal Australian language.

Previously the word Binghi was used widely in similar fashion to the present-day use of the term Negro for peoples of African ancestry; see titles from this booklist and also writings of Xavier Herbert (e.g. in Capricornia), for example.

noun boongs · bung · bong

Australia, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur An Australian Aboriginal person. I heard Bruce tell one of the drinkers he'd bought a place in Queensland where you could ‘still call a Boong a Boong’.
Similar: Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel, abo, Jacky
Australia, dated, slang A native of New Guinea or Malaysia. A couple of boongs came down and carried me up to the hut where our R.A.P. corporal was.

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"boong." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boong.

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@misc{boong_2026,
  title = {boong},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boong},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}