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In some senses, boong is marked as offensive, slang, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.
boong
/bʊŋ/
noun 2
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3ADJ.
still
VERB + BOONG
call
BOONG + NOUN
cop
Definitions
noun
1
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’.
‘[…]I quit the feds because I didn't want to be a showpiece boong cop.’
2
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.
During the War the soldiers generally referred to Papua New Guineans as “Boongs,” a name also given to black Americans. It is not a nice word, but is fair to say that the Aussies held the boongs in quite some affection during the War.
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I heard Bruce tell one of the drinkers he'd bought a place in Queensland where you could ‘still call a Boong a Boong’.
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‘[…]I quit the feds because I didn't want to be a showpiece boong cop.’
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“Yeah,” he said, “them boongs are a useless lot. The sooner they all die off, the better.” “And why is that?” Bill asked. “The Abos are nothing but a pack of boozers. All they wanna' do is get pissed.
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