What is pongo?

Nickname for a boy (17-30ish )in the British Army.
Gets in fights with Matlows and/or Crabs
Likes to drink a lot and pull (snog, shag)any Shaz, Tracy or Janner they find.
A female pongo will pull any Matlows, Crabs or Pongos she can find.
Orgin "Where ever the army goes the pong goes."

"Mate did ya pull last night?"
"Yeah, 3 pongos, 2 crabs and like 5 matlows

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Pongo - what is it?

British slang dating from the mid-nineteenth century, meaning soldiers. It stems from a snide expression used by music hall comedians to get a cheap laugh "where the army goes the pong goes", pong meaning smell. This quickly became pongoes meaning soldiers plural and pongo meaning an individual. Still in use today although not common.

When a regiment is given the freedom of a city, the pongoes are allowed to march through it bayonets fixed and colours flying.

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What does "pongo" mean?

British slang dating from the mid to late nineteenth century, meaning soldiers. Soldiers were not popular at this time as Kipling’s poem Tommy shows (Barrack Room Ballads 1892). The word itself stems from expressions used by comedians in theatres and music halls to get a cheap laugh. The two that are most commonly quoted are "where the army goes the pong goes", or “when the wind blows the pong goes”, pong meaning smell. This quickly became pongoes meaning soldiers plural and pongo meaning an individual. Another possible explanation is that the soldiers were being likened to a large, hairy, smelly ape called a pongo. The expression is still in use today although not common, confined mainly to those who saw service in World War II or Korea (very few now) or who did National Service in Britain while this was still compulsory.

Ambulance chasing lawyers, seeking compensation for terrorists, still see soldiers as pongoes.

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Pongo - what does it mean?

anohter word for stupid

that's so pongo!

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Pongo - meaning

pronounced: Pong-GO

A friendly way of saying someone is a moron. Can be best applied to British or Australian people, as they have very ugly accents. As well as bald headed people.