Drongo (noun) (NZ)
dron-go
A stupid or incompetent person.
Mid 19th century: from Malagasy. drongo (sense 2) is said to be from the name of an Australian racehorse of the 1920s which consistently finished last or near last.
Example sentences
“I gave that drongo twenty dollars and he only gave me change for ten!”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
