Definitions For Boong

Noun

BOONG (plural BOONGs) (Australia, slang, ethnic slur) An Australian aboriginal. (Australia, slang, dated) A native of new guinea or malaysia.

Synonyms

Asian or dark-skinned person Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel aboriginal abo, Jacky

Alternative forms

bung or bong

Etymology

Suggested sources are {{cog, ms, bung, , brother}},1959, w:xavier herbert, xavier herbert, Seven Emus, 2003, — The term boong is originally Malayan, meaning “brother”, but it doesn't mean anything like that in Australian usage. {{etyl, id, -}} dialectal bung, , brother A w:languages of papua new guinea, new guinea native language An w:list of australian aboriginal languages, aboriginal australian language.1988, w:the bulletin, the bulletin, Issues 5617-5625, — They would doubtless have been amused to learn that in New Guinea, where the term "boong" originated, it means "brother" and has a kinship with the Indonesian "bung" and Thursday Island's "binghi". 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 and also writings of w:xavier herbert, xavier herbert (e.g. in w:capricornia (novel), capricornia), for example.