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Pong vs Ikea - What's the difference?

pong | ikea |

As proper nouns the difference between pong and ikea

is that pong is (video games) an early video game from atari, resembling ping-pong, in which two players control paddles and attempt to intercept a ball while ikea is (ikea).

pong

English

Etymology 1

From ping, via the pairing of .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (networking) A packet that is replying to a ping, and thereby indicating the presence of a host.

    • Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A stench, a bad smell.
  • * 1992 , , Volume 1, 2011, Read How You Want, page 109,
    • She sniffed, squiffing up her nose. ‘What a pong ! Do they all smell like this?’
  • * 1998 , Catherine Fox, Heaven?s Scent'', '' , page 13,
    • I can remember calling round once and when she answered the door I was greeted by an unmistakable, noxious pong . “I can smell gas!”
    I said. “Oh, have I left the ring on?” she asked vaguely.
  • * 2000 , Susan Sallis, 2011, unnumbered page,
    • ‘I see what you mean about the pong . I couldn?t smell it on myself but I can smell it on you!’
  • * 2009 , Martin Fine, The Devil?s Fragrance , page 109,
    • If you want to empty a crowded room strong body pong will usually do the trick.
    Related terms
    * pongy

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) To stink, to smell bad.
  • * 1997 , , David M. E. Roskies (translator and editor), Stop Thief!'', ''Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods and Other Modern Indonesian Short Stories , page 97,
    • On she walked at a crawling pace, ponging of sweat, drops of mucus and blood falling between her feet.
  • * 2009 , Susan Brocker, Saving Sam , HarperCollins, New Zealand, unnumbered page,
    • The place ponged , like the smell of stale cat pee.
  • * 2010 , Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest , page 63,
    • “That toothless bloke ponged . Couldn?t you smell him? He smelled like a bloody pub floor at closing time.”
  • * 2011 , , We?ll Sing at Dawn , 2012, eBook, Headline Publishing, unnumbered page,
    • and this evening, Eileen Perkins?s daughter Rita ponged with the smell of cheap carbolic soap, after a late-afternoon visit to the public baths down Hornsey Road.
    Synonyms
    * (stink) reek, smell, stink

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (games, mahjong) A set of three identical tiles.

    • ikea

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Ikea

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer.
  • * 2005 , Daniel H. Wilson, “How to Survive a Robot Uprising”, Bloomsbury, ISBN 1582345929, page 126
    • Instruct the servant robot to clean the house, landscape the yard, and assemble several major pieces of IKEA furniture. Then, when your robot is power depleted and attempts to recharge, shut off the power to your house.
  • * 2008 February 2, Luke Burbank, Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me! , National Public Radio
    • It seems Swedish gangs, apparently no longer satisfied with knocking over their local IKEA’s , have taken to sneaking little people into the cargo holds of the buses by stowing them in suitcases.

    External links

    * (wikipedia "IKEA")