ulung
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Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龍／乌龙 (wūlóng) / 乌龙 (wūlóng), from 烏／乌 / 乌 (wū, “black”) + 龍／龙 (lóng) / 龙 (lóng, “dragon”). In the sense 1, the form is a dialectal or humorous pronunciation of the third-person singular masculine past of ulęgać (instead of the standard form ulągł), with a reference to the name of the tea, probably from the 1980s joke Czy znasz bajkę o herbacie? Gdzieś ty się, chamie, ulung! (Do you know a story about tea? Where were you raised, you prick!).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ulung m inan
- oolong tea (type of tea with a taste in between green tea and black tea)
- (prison slang, by extension) tea (in general)
Declension
Declension of ulung
Noun
ulung m pers
- (colloquial, slang) dumbhead, dumbass (stupid person)
Declension
Declension of ulung
References
Further reading
- ulung in Polish dictionaries at PWN