boing

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English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. The large breasts sense is borrowed from Japanese ボイン, in turn from English boing.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: boing, IPA(key): /bɔɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɪŋ

Interjection

boing

  1. A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
    • 1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 100:
      "Phut." Something whipped into the ground beside him and there was a pinpoint flash from the cabin. "B-o-i-n-g-g-g." There was another flash and the bullet hit the rail and whined off into the night.
    1. (fandom slang, chiefly in the context of anime and comics) Announcing the presence of large, pert breasts, which are bouncy.
    2. (slang) Announcing the advent of male arousal (erection), via the metaphor of a spring springing energetically.

See also

Noun

boing (plural boings)

  1. The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
  2. (fandom slang, chiefly in the context of anime and comics) Large breasts.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: ボイン
    • English: boing

Verb

boing (third-person singular simple present boings, present participle boinging, simple past and past participle boinged)

  1. (transitive) To make a boing sound or bouncing motion.
    • 1988 October 7, Peter Friederici, “Auction”, in Chicago Reader:
      At its most extreme it is reminiscent of the boinging and buzzing of a Jew's harp.

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