Pong

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early 20th century: of unknown origin.


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Probably from Romani pan(“to stink”).

From ping, via the pairing of ping-pong.

pong (plural pongs)


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pong (n.)

by late 1960s as an abbreviation of ping-pong. The electronic arcade game (with capital P-) was released 1972. The word also was or is an Australian derogatory name for a Chinese (1931), and "an unpleasant smell, stink" (1919), in both sense of uncertain origin.