Dolt vs Nong - What's the difference?
dolt | nong | Related terms |
(pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
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* Drayton
(slang, Australia, New Zealand) An idiot.
* 1983 , Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers , Penguin 2009, p. 126:
*:‘In there, you nong ,’ Max said, pointing out a pink-brick home with a 1950s skillion roof.
* 2008 , Michael Panckridge, Hat Trick! Toby Jones, Books 1-3 , 2010,
* 2010 , John Dale (editor), Best on Ground: Great Writers on the Greatest Game ,
Dolt is a related term of nong.
As a noun dolt
is (pejorative) a stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.As a verb dolt
is (obsolete) to behave foolishly.dolt
English
Noun
(en noun)- O gull! O dolt ! As ignorant as dirt!
- This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* doltishAnagrams
* ----nong
English
Noun
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- ‘You guys are such nongs ! Why would you want to face up to Shoaib Akhtar when you could win a World Cup against the young blond Aussie star at the home of cricket?’
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- and spend every second Saturday defiant and one-eyed among the opposition nongs at the Barkly Street end.