noun
General Slang
pongo
· noun · military
Royal Navy/Marines nickname for a soldier — 'where the army goes, the pong goes'.
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What the Royal Navy and Royal Marines call a soldier — specifically a British Army squaddie. The line is 'where the army goes, the pong goes' — i.e. soldiers stink because they're stuck in the field without proper washing facilities, unlike sailors on a ship with showers.
“The matelots spent the whole run ashore winding up the pongos at the bar.”
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pongo In A Sentence
The matelots spent the whole run ashore winding up the pongos at the bar.
Origin & Usage
Royal Navy slang, late 19th/early 20th century. From the smell of unwashed soldiers on campaign vs sailors with shipboard plumbing.
Variants
pongos
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