pongo
/ˈpɒŋɡəʊ
/noun (plural pongos) British military slang
A soldier (used especially by members of the Royal Navy or RAF).Later we loaded up with our cargo of tanks and pongos (soldiers)....
- Sailors noted the similarity of the sand-apes' colour to the rough brown uniform of the British Army, thus soldiers are known as Pongos.
Origin
Early 17th century (denoting a large African ape): from Congolese mpongo. The slang sense dates from the early 20th century.
Rhymes
- panel stamp
- panel-stamped
- panel strip
- panel study
- panel technique
- panel truck
- panel truss
- panel van
- panel wall
- panel-wise
- panel work
- panel-working
- panem et circenses
- panencephalitis
- panentheism
- panentheist
- panentheistic
- panesthesia
- Paneth
- pan-ethnic
- panettone
- pan-European
- pan-Europeanism
- panfan
- panfish