Wednesday 12 December 2007

Word for the Day: Nong

In Australian slang, the word Nong is used as a pretty mild and/or endearing insult. A bit of a twit, or idiot. Possibly derived by the shortening of an earlier Australian and British slang word, Ning-Nong.


On the Ning Nang Nong

On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go Bong!
and the monkeys all say BOO!
There's a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the mice go Clang
And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
So its Ning Nang Nong
Cows go Bong!
Nong Nang Ning
Trees go ping
Nong Ning Nang
The mice go Clang
What a noisy place to belong
is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!

Spike Milligan

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