nigmenog

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• nong — /nong/, n. Australian and New Zealand Informal. a foolish, incompetent person. [1940 45; prob. by shortening of Australian and earlier Brit. slang ning nong, ning nang fool, perh. expressive vars. of earlier nigmenog fool, of obscure orig.] * * * …   Universalium

• nig-nog — (n.) foolish person, 1953, OED suggests from earlier cant slang nigmenog a very silly fellow (1700). As a term of abuse for a black person, a shortened and reduplicated form of nigger …   Etymology dictionary