Meaning of ning-nong | Babel Free

Definitions

A stupid person; an idiot.

Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, slang

Examples

“That “ning-nong of an MP” as Billy Lane calls him, Fred Brentnall, in his squeaky lorikeet voice reads to the House Lawson′s last⟳ two stanzas, just to highlight the danger besetting the colony of Queensland, indeed, the whole country:[…]”

“2007, Ethel Chop (Andrea Powell), Strain⟳ Your Gherkins, unnumbered page, And you might not know⟳ this, but potatoes are in fact a symbol of communism. Well what′s vodka made from? It isn′t fairy floss! It's potatoes, ning-nong!”

“He wrote a series of articles about a gang of greenies who′ve been interfering with commercial dragnet fishing, setting off firebombs and creating a nuisance. Made them out to be a bunch of ning-nongs and thugs.”

“We felt like⟳ total ning-nongs.”

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