ning-nong

plural ning-nongs · alternative ning nong

1. AustraliaNew ZealandcolloquialslangA stupid person; an idiot.

   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!

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   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:[…]

   2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 147

   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.

   2010, Jeanne Matthews, Bones of Contention, page 12

   We felt like total ning-nongs.

   2011, Richard Wilkins, Black Ties, Red Carpets, Green Rooms, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: nong