Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Australia, slang, dated A native of New Guinea.
- n. Australia, slang An Australian aborigine.
Etymologies
- First used by soldiers in New Guinea. Suggested sources are Malay (boong, "brother"), New Guinea native language (boong, "brother"), Indonesian dialect (bung, "brother"), and Aboriginal Australian (binghi, "brother"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The word boong put Australia into her mind, and the aboriginal stockmen, and she asked a question that had occurred to her, partly from curiosity and partly because she knew it pleased him to talk about his own country.”
“To be regarded by the dominant society of Australia 1965 as being a "boong", "coon" or "Abo" was a passport to discrimination, prejudice and poverty, and many light-skinned Aboriginal people opted to assume a non-Aboriginal identity (Indian, afghan, Maori, etc) to escape the extreme difficulty of life as an Aboriginal person.”
“To be regarded by the dominant society of Australia 1965 as being a "boong", "coon" or "Abo" was a passport to discrimination, prejudice and poverty, and many light-skinned Aboriginal people opted to assume a non-Aboriginal identity Indian, afghan, Maori, etc to escape the extreme difficulty of life as an Aboriginal person.”
“(Heather is referring to boong-uh-bbang, which translates to “fish shaped bread.”)”
“The fresh vegetables are morning glory-like pak boong shoots, white cabbage, leeks and spring onion, with glass noodles also included.”
“It consists of rice topped with lightly boiled pak boong vine shoots, which are topped in turn with boiled pork and pork liver.”
“Boiled phak boong (a morning glory-like vine), pork and the sweet chilli paste called nam phrik phao are put on the plate with it.”
“C (h) ristine Oct 2 so excited! you’re in Seoul trying out the street food.:) if you’re still there try boong-uh-bbang too (little cakes in the shape of fish, stuffed with red bean paste) and other goodies all around.”
“C (h) ristine Oct 1 so excited! you’re in Seoul trying out the street food.:) if you’re still there try boong-uh-bbang too (little cakes in the shape of fish, stuffed with red bean paste) and other goodies all around.”
“Joe," she said once, "what do I do if a boong comes into the ice-cream parlour and wants a soda?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘boong’.
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EN - xenophobic terms
Alle Menschen werden Brüder - sooner or later? Derogatory terms for anybody different.
abe, anchor baby, ann, ape, apple, asian nigger, aunt jemima , aunt jane, aunt mary, aunt sally, banana, beaner and 315 more...
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Magic or Madness
Words from the glossaries in the back of the novels.
ambo, arse, bickie, biscuit, bloke, boong, bottlebrush, bronze medallion, bugger, bunyip, cardie, chips and 79 more...
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lampbane Racist term for an Aborigine. Sep 17, 2008