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boong

/boong, boh-ong/US // buŋ, ˈboʊ ɒŋ //UK // (buːŋ) //

博格,蓬勃,蓬勃发展,蓬勃的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Australian Informal: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

    • : a contemptuous term used to refer to a native of New Guinea.
    • : a contemptuous term used to refer to an Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia.

Examples

  • The melancholy cry of the bell-bird (dil boong, after which Bennillong named his infant child) seems to be unknown here.

  • The unheard-of horrors of the Boong-jee-gop, coupled with the tremendous energy of the final “go!”