Fathead vs Nong - What's the difference?
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(derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
(zoology) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas , the (black-headed minnow).
(zoology) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.
(Webster 1913)
(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 ,
Fathead is a related term of nong.
As a noun fathead
is (derogatory) an idiot; a fool.fathead
English
Noun
(en noun)- Donny, you fathead ! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled!
Synonyms
* (derogatory) dunce, imbecile, lout, nincompoop, see alsoAntonyms
* (derogatory) genius English words with consonant pseudo-digraphsnong
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.