Etymology

boing

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Today it means: A representation of the sound of something bouncing. Full definition →

Japanese ボイン ← English boing
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The story

  1. English · derived fromboing
  2. Japanese · borrowed fromボイン
  3. English todayboing

Onomatopoeic. The “large breasts” sense is reborrowed from Japanese ボイン, in turn from English boing.

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