Bongo Bongon.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbɒŋɡəʊ ˈbɒŋɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈbɔŋɡoʊ ˈbɔŋɡoʊ/,

/ˈbɑŋɡoʊ ˈbɑŋɡoʊ/

Forms: also with lower-case initials.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Reduplication of an element of uncertain origin, perhaps the name of the Bongo people ( < Bongo Bongo , self-designation: see note), probably reinforced (within English) by association with other similar-sounding words of African origin, e.g. Congo n. In later use probably also associated with bongo n.³The Bongo people live in the region of Bahr-el-Ghazal, South Sudan, and became known in Europe through G. Schweinfurth's popular work Heart of Africa (1873; originally written in German, but apparently first published in English).

A. n.

1. (A name given to) a fictitious or imaginary distant or foreign country, esp. in Africa, typically depreciatively characterized as backward or primitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land

kithc888

etheleOE

erdOE

homeOE

motherOE

fatherlandc1275

countrya1300

soila1400

countrywarda1425

motherland1565

mother country1567

patrie1581

native1604

homelanda1627

home country1707

patria1707

old country1751

the (old) sod1812

home birth1846

Vaterland1852

old sod1863

motherland1895

Bongo Bongo1911

sireland1922

1911 Amer. Antiquarian 33 230 From the security of his chair in a foundation at Bongo-Bongo or Canoodle-dum, [he] will give battle to those who dispute his theory.

1936 P. G. Wodehouse Young Men in Spats x. 270 ‘At the time of the full moon,’ resumed Sir Rackstraw, ‘it is the custom in Bongo-Bongo to hunt the rhinoceros.’

1955 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 55 167 We wish to know not how the inhabitants of Huddersfield or of Bongo Bongo use them [sc. ethics], but how they should.

1985 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 2 Oct. Bank analysts..ascertaining if their president can safely visit Bongo Bongo.

2001 D. Jones After Lucy 19 Their vacations were either three-day getaways at tacky resorts..or..fully paid, luxury weeks..in Bongo Bongo or Tiki Niki.

a. With the. (A name for) an imaginary or hypothetical people, esp. one used as the type of a little known society inhabiting a remote region. Also as a count noun: a member of such a supposed people.

ΚΠ

1942 N. Mitchison Diary 31 Jan. in Among you taking Notes (1986) 182 I felt..like an explorer who has at last been made a member of a secret society among the bongo-bongos.

1962 Amer. Anthropologist 64 1077 If the male anthropologist cannot see this in his hearth, how can he detect it among the Bongo-bongo?

1970 M. Douglas Nat. Symbols iv. 64 When a generalisation is tentatively advanced, it is rejected out of court by any field- workers who can say: ‘This is all very well, but it doesn't apply to the Bongo-Bongo.’

2001 B. S. Low Why Sex Matters ii. 30 If we find that the Bongo Bongos are truly genetically altruistic, this means only that the Bongo Bongo are likely to decline over time, to be replaced by competing peoples.

b. (A name for) an imaginary or hypothetical language, esp. one used as the type of a little known language from a remote region. Also (derogatory) used as the type of an incomprehensible foreign language.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [noun] > ideal, imagined, or literary languages

ideal language?1705

Bongo Bongo1953

Venusian1972

1953 Proc. 7th Pacific Sci. Congr. VII. 648 An account of Bongo Bongo or Kikuyu in terms of English grammar to the confusion of both languages.

1981 E. Gellner in B. Lloyd & J. Gay Universals Human Thought i. 3 The publication of a generative grammar of colloquial Bongo-Bongo.

1997 R. L. Trask Hist. Basque vi. 358 I've got a few Basque words here that look quite a bit like some words in Bongo-Bongo.

2016 Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. The noise these immigrants make when a lot of them are standing together on a dock, speaking Bongo Bongo to each other.

B. adj.

Usually depreciative. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a distant or foreign country, language, or people, esp. in Africa or the developing world; spec. primitive, backward.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > types of land or country

merryOE

greatc1325

homeless1725

less developed1857

Bongo Bongo1932

1932 Key West (Florida) Citizen 30 Aug. 4/4 ‘Oh yeah?’ says the hard-fried Filippino, or words to that effeck. Which I understands the Bongo-Bongo lingo.

1973 Man Sept. 459 An ethnographer..puzzled by the fact that the members of the Bongo-Bongo tribe have sexual intercourse 271 times for each pregnancy, an obvious disparity of energy expenditure in relation to the benefits accruing to the group.

1987 Associated Press (Nexis) 25 Sept. That's what anthropology does, study other cultures. And this wasn't some bongo-bongo culture, it's a modern European culture.

2013 Daily Tel. 15 July 13/4 [He] warned that Mrs Kyenge would impose ‘tribal conditions’ on Italy and turn the government into a ‘bongo bongo’ administration.

Compounds

Bongo Bongo land n. offensive (a derogatory name for) an unspecified or imaginary country in Africa or the developing world, characterized as being backward or primitive. [Compare Bongoland, the remote area inhabited by the Bongo people (1873: see main etymology).]

ΚΠ

1961 J. A. Jonelis in M. Gardner 2nd Sci. Amer. Bk. Math. Puzzles & Diversions xi. 126 His ‘Goom’..meant something like ‘I do not understand’ or ‘Welcome to Bongo Bongo land’.

1985 Guardian 7 Feb. 1/3 A most uncivilised row over whether he had referred to black Britons as denizens of Bongo Bongo land.

1999 S. Perera Haven't stopped dancing Yet xvii. 229 Why don't you just fuck off back to Bongo Bongo Land?

2014 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 4/5 Last year, Godfrey Bloom, one of Mr Farage's closest allies, made a series of outbursts describing foreign countries as ‘bongo bongo land’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bongo bongo
释义	Bongo Bongon.adj. Brit. /ˈbɒŋɡəʊ ˈbɒŋɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbɔŋɡoʊ ˈbɔŋɡoʊ/, /ˈbɑŋɡoʊ ˈbɑŋɡoʊ/ Forms: also with lower-case initials. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Reduplication of an element of uncertain origin, perhaps the name of the Bongo people ( < Bongo Bongo , self-designation: see note), probably reinforced (within English) by association with other similar-sounding words of African origin, e.g. Congo n. In later use probably also associated with bongo n.³The Bongo people live in the region of Bahr-el-Ghazal, South Sudan, and became known in Europe through G. Schweinfurth's popular work Heart of Africa (1873; originally written in German, but apparently first published in English). A. n. 1. (A name given to) a fictitious or imaginary distant or foreign country, esp. in Africa, typically depreciatively characterized as backward or primitive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [noun] > homeland or native land kithc888 etheleOE erdOE homeOE motherOE fatherlandc1275 countrya1300 soila1400 countrywarda1425 motherland1565 mother country1567 patrie1581 native1604 homelanda1627 home country1707 patria1707 old country1751 the (old) sod1812 home birth1846 Vaterland1852 old sod1863 motherland1895 Bongo Bongo1911 sireland1922 1911 Amer. Antiquarian 33 230 From the security of his chair in a foundation at Bongo-Bongo or Canoodle-dum, [he] will give battle to those who dispute his theory. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Young Men in Spats x. 270 ‘At the time of the full moon,’ resumed Sir Rackstraw, ‘it is the custom in Bongo-Bongo to hunt the rhinoceros.’ 1955 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 55 167 We wish to know not how the inhabitants of Huddersfield or of Bongo Bongo use them [sc. ethics], but how they should. 1985 Amer. Banker (Nexis) 2 Oct. Bank analysts..ascertaining if their president can safely visit Bongo Bongo. 2001 D. Jones After Lucy 19 Their vacations were either three-day getaways at tacky resorts..or..fully paid, luxury weeks..in Bongo Bongo or Tiki Niki. 2. a. With the. (A name for) an imaginary or hypothetical people, esp. one used as the type of a little known society inhabiting a remote region. Also as a count noun: a member of such a supposed people. ΚΠ 1942 N. Mitchison Diary 31 Jan. in Among you taking Notes (1986) 182 I felt..like an explorer who has at last been made a member of a secret society among the bongo-bongos. 1962 Amer. Anthropologist 64 1077 If the male anthropologist cannot see this in his hearth, how can he detect it among the Bongo-bongo? 1970 M. Douglas Nat. Symbols iv. 64 When a generalisation is tentatively advanced, it is rejected out of court by any field- workers who can say: ‘This is all very well, but it doesn't apply to the Bongo-Bongo.’ 2001 B. S. Low Why Sex Matters ii. 30 If we find that the Bongo Bongos are truly genetically altruistic, this means only that the Bongo Bongo are likely to decline over time, to be replaced by competing peoples. b. (A name for) an imaginary or hypothetical language, esp. one used as the type of a little known language from a remote region. Also (derogatory) used as the type of an incomprehensible foreign language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > ideal, imagined, or literary languages ideal language?1705 Bongo Bongo1953 Venusian1972 1953 Proc. 7th Pacific Sci. Congr. VII. 648 An account of Bongo Bongo or Kikuyu in terms of English grammar to the confusion of both languages. 1981 E. Gellner in B. Lloyd & J. Gay Universals Human Thought i. 3 The publication of a generative grammar of colloquial Bongo-Bongo. 1997 R. L. Trask Hist. Basque vi. 358 I've got a few Basque words here that look quite a bit like some words in Bongo-Bongo. 2016 Times (Nexis) 30 Jan. The noise these immigrants make when a lot of them are standing together on a dock, speaking Bongo Bongo to each other. B. adj. Usually depreciative. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a distant or foreign country, language, or people, esp. in Africa or the developing world; spec. primitive, backward. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > types of land or country merryOE greatc1325 homeless1725 less developed1857 Bongo Bongo1932 1932 Key West (Florida) Citizen 30 Aug. 4/4 ‘Oh yeah?’ says the hard-fried Filippino, or words to that effeck. Which I understands the Bongo-Bongo lingo. 1973 Man Sept. 459 An ethnographer..puzzled by the fact that the members of the Bongo-Bongo tribe have sexual intercourse 271 times for each pregnancy, an obvious disparity of energy expenditure in relation to the benefits accruing to the group. 1987 Associated Press (Nexis) 25 Sept. That's what anthropology does, study other cultures. And this wasn't some bongo-bongo culture, it's a modern European culture. 2013 Daily Tel. 15 July 13/4 [He] warned that Mrs Kyenge would impose ‘tribal conditions’ on Italy and turn the government into a ‘bongo bongo’ administration. Compounds Bongo Bongo land n. offensive (a derogatory name for) an unspecified or imaginary country in Africa or the developing world, characterized as being backward or primitive. [Compare Bongoland, the remote area inhabited by the Bongo people (1873: see main etymology).] ΚΠ 1961 J. A. Jonelis in M. Gardner 2nd Sci. Amer. Bk. Math. Puzzles & Diversions xi. 126 His ‘Goom’..meant something like ‘I do not understand’ or ‘Welcome to Bongo Bongo land’. 1985 Guardian 7 Feb. 1/3 A most uncivilised row over whether he had referred to black Britons as denizens of Bongo Bongo land. 1999 S. Perera Haven't stopped dancing Yet xvii. 229 Why don't you just fuck off back to Bongo Bongo Land? 2014 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 4/5 Last year, Godfrey Bloom, one of Mr Farage's closest allies, made a series of outbursts describing foreign countries as ‘bongo bongo land’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1911
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