never-nevern.adj.

(in senses A. and B.)Brit.

/ˈnɛvənɛvə/, U.S.

/ˈnɛvərˌnɛvər/, Australian English

/ˈnevənevə/ (in compounds)Brit.

/ˌnɛvəˈnɛvə/, U.S.

/ˌnɛvərˈnɛvər/, Australian English

/ˌnevəˈnevə/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: never adv.

Etymology: Reduplication of never adv.It has been suggested that sense A. 1 and Compounds 1 may originate in the corruption of an Australian Aboriginal name, but this is unlikely on phonological grounds and has not been substantiated in dictionaries of Kamilaroi; compare the following:1857 F. de B. Cooper Wild Adventures 68 I had the cattle mustered, and the draft destined for the Nievah vahs ready for the road... Nievah vahs, sometimes incorrectly pronounced never nevers, a Comeleroi term signifying unoccupied land.c1887 R. G. Gallop In Never Never Land 1 The ‘Never Never’ Land is a piece of nomenclature full of weariness & desolation & suggestion of all sorts of ill defined terrors... The Blacks called the country ‘Niva Niva’, & the white man immediately contorted this into a term which has caused so much puzzling reflection..to those who have sought a more rational explanation of its origin.

A. n.

1. In Australia: the desert country of the interior, the remote outback; esp. the sparsely populated part of the Northern Territory and Queensland. Also in extended use, esp. in New Zealand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > specific

never-never1833

Never-Never Country1859

never-never land1875

marismas1884

Neverland1892

garigue1896

bled1930

1833 W. H. Breton Excursions 213 The Never-never blacks..are so-called because they have hitherto kept aloof from the whites.

1882 A. J. Boyd Old Colonials 202 Never-never is the far outside country beyond the centres of civilization.

1900 H. Lawson On Track 81 I rode back that way five years later, from the Never Never.

1908 N.Z. Truth 3 Oct. 4 A shearer comes along with a cheque for £80 or £100, gives it to the publican..and then..goes back into the never-never to rake up another cheque.

1931 J. Devaney Earth Kindred 63 The grey Never-Never in its fastnesses undared.

1963 V. B. Cranley 27,000 Miles through Austral. v. 34 It was far beyond Yuendumu along the great desert traverse..back in the Never-Never, as they call those wastes.

1986 Canberra Times 19 May 19/2 The Never Never..is pock-marked with places of interest.

2. colloquial (originally Australian).

a. Originally: a system for indefinitely deferring payment of the full cost of something. Now: spec. the hire-purchase system. Esp. in on the never-never: (obtained) on such a basis; on credit. Cf. earlier on the never at never n. 2.

ΚΠ

1891 Truth (Sydney) 29 Mar. 7/5 I must explain that getting in on the nod is the same as on the ‘never never’, ‘Freeman's key’, ‘the ready’.

1893 F. W. L. Adams Australians 95 We don't let our theatrical critics go into the theatres on the never-never... We pay for their places.

1939 ‘N. Shute’ What happened to Corbetts? viii. 261 We could have the radiogram... Even if we had to put it on the Never-Never.

1962 P. Bracken I hate to housekeep Bk. iv. 38 Buy it on the never-never, if you like, paying for it bit by bit out of the food money.

1984 D. Lessing Diaries of Jane Somers ii. 323 She was paying for the dress on the never-never in a dress shop in Wardour Street.

2000 Diva May 36/1 The 18-year-old clerk..is one of several thousand British consumers who are encouraged on a daily basis to live life on the never-never.

b. The cost of a hire purchase instalment. rare.

ΚΠ

1957 F. King Man on Rock i. 7 I can't even afford to pay the never-never on a wireless.

B. adj. (attributive).

Unrealistic, unrealizable, imaginary, chimerical. Also (occasionally): (of an attitude, etc.) characteristic of a person who says ‘never, never’. Cf. never adv. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [adjective]

eutopian1606

utopian1613

Erewhonian1897

ecotopian1975

never-never1986

1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xiv. 243 ‘So when you did get a woman who wanted you..you got a bit too much of a good thing.’ ‘Ay! Seems so! Yet even then I'd rather have her than the never-never ones.’

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Jan. 36/2 Norman Thomas, who had the courage to deplore our never-never attitude to the recognition of Red China.

1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 May g1 He..set the action in a never-never landscape populated by a magic frog, a talking dog and a beautiful princess.

2002 Townsville Bulletin (Nexis) 6 Feb. 16 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Saturday, however, that it wasn't a ‘never, never’ position, and that eventually ‘our attitudes may change’.

Compounds

C1. attributive. Australian. Of or relating to the never-never (sense A. 1).

a. In general use. rare.

ΚΠ

1833Never-never black [see sense A. 1].

1900 H. Lawson Verses Pop. & Humorous 15 They thirst on Greenland snowfields, On Never-Never sands.

1961 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Feb. 15/1 The dusky handmaidens appeared carrying the marrowbones, the opening course of every ‘never never’ banquet.

2002 Herbert River Express (Nexis) 19 Dec. 9 The Never Never sand hills reach beyond the searching eye.

Never-Never Country n. Australian = sense A. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > specific

never-never1833

Never-Never Country1859

never-never land1875

marismas1884

Neverland1892

garigue1896

bled1930

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [noun] > Australia > interior

Never-Never Country1859

outside1869

Centralia1887

centre1896

way back1901

outback1904

Dead Heart1906

Red Centre1935

1859 Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane) 2 Mar. He holds an unstocked run in (let us say) the ‘Never Never’ country.

1877 ‘Capricornus’ Land Law of Future 47 The outside districts have next to be dealt with—the dry, waste, ‘never-never country’.

1907 H. Lawson Romance of Swag (1924) 82 He was a sort of Bush missionary Out Back in Australia, and before he died he was known from the Riverina to away up through the Never-Never Country in Western Australia.

1974 B. Roland No Ordinary Man 169 The Never Never country, the remote Australian outback.

2000 Australian (Nexis) 24 Feb. 3 With the shade of a giant raintree providing only faltering relief from the midday heat of the Never Never country, Jessie, Splinter and Old Man Daylight yesterday stepped forward to accept freehold title of the Northern Territory's fabled Elsey Station.

C2. attributive. colloquial. Of, relating to, or designating the hire-purchase system. Cf. sense A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > hire purchase

time payment1852

consumers' credit1886

hire-purchase1895

never-never1926

1926 E. Wallace More Educated Evans ii. 39 Her uncle..drove a taxi which he..had purchased on the ‘never never’ system. You pay £80 down and more than you can afford for the rest of your life.

1960 News Chron. 29 Apr. 6 Twenty per cent is a small deposit for hire purchase, and the most reputable ‘never-never’ firms have been asking that.

2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 3 Oct. 29 She had no income, except for the one pound 10 shillings a week she earned as a credit draper's shop assistant while my father paid the rent and never-never payments on furniture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	never-never
释义	never-nevern.adj. (in senses A. and B.)Brit. /ˈnɛvənɛvə/, U.S. /ˈnɛvərˌnɛvər/, Australian English /ˈnevənevə/ (in compounds)Brit. /ˌnɛvəˈnɛvə/, U.S. /ˌnɛvərˈnɛvər/, Australian English /ˌnevəˈnevə/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: never adv. Etymology: Reduplication of never adv.It has been suggested that sense A. 1 and Compounds 1 may originate in the corruption of an Australian Aboriginal name, but this is unlikely on phonological grounds and has not been substantiated in dictionaries of Kamilaroi; compare the following:1857 F. de B. Cooper Wild Adventures 68 I had the cattle mustered, and the draft destined for the Nievah vahs ready for the road... Nievah vahs, sometimes incorrectly pronounced never nevers, a Comeleroi term signifying unoccupied land.c1887 R. G. Gallop In Never Never Land 1 The ‘Never Never’ Land is a piece of nomenclature full of weariness & desolation & suggestion of all sorts of ill defined terrors... The Blacks called the country ‘Niva Niva’, & the white man immediately contorted this into a term which has caused so much puzzling reflection..to those who have sought a more rational explanation of its origin. A. n. 1. In Australia: the desert country of the interior, the remote outback; esp. the sparsely populated part of the Northern Territory and Queensland. Also in extended use, esp. in New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > specific never-never1833 Never-Never Country1859 never-never land1875 marismas1884 Neverland1892 garigue1896 bled1930 1833 W. H. Breton Excursions 213 The Never-never blacks..are so-called because they have hitherto kept aloof from the whites. 1882 A. J. Boyd Old Colonials 202 Never-never is the far outside country beyond the centres of civilization. 1900 H. Lawson On Track 81 I rode back that way five years later, from the Never Never. 1908 N.Z. Truth 3 Oct. 4 A shearer comes along with a cheque for £80 or £100, gives it to the publican..and then..goes back into the never-never to rake up another cheque. 1931 J. Devaney Earth Kindred 63 The grey Never-Never in its fastnesses undared. 1963 V. B. Cranley 27,000 Miles through Austral. v. 34 It was far beyond Yuendumu along the great desert traverse..back in the Never-Never, as they call those wastes. 1986 Canberra Times 19 May 19/2 The Never Never..is pock-marked with places of interest. 2. colloquial (originally Australian). a. Originally: a system for indefinitely deferring payment of the full cost of something. Now: spec. the hire-purchase system. Esp. in on the never-never: (obtained) on such a basis; on credit. Cf. earlier on the never at never n. 2. ΚΠ 1891 Truth (Sydney) 29 Mar. 7/5 I must explain that getting in on the nod is the same as on the ‘never never’, ‘Freeman's key’, ‘the ready’. 1893 F. W. L. Adams Australians 95 We don't let our theatrical critics go into the theatres on the never-never... We pay for their places. 1939 ‘N. Shute’ What happened to Corbetts? viii. 261 We could have the radiogram... Even if we had to put it on the Never-Never. 1962 P. Bracken I hate to housekeep Bk. iv. 38 Buy it on the never-never, if you like, paying for it bit by bit out of the food money. 1984 D. Lessing Diaries of Jane Somers ii. 323 She was paying for the dress on the never-never in a dress shop in Wardour Street. 2000 Diva May 36/1 The 18-year-old clerk..is one of several thousand British consumers who are encouraged on a daily basis to live life on the never-never. b. The cost of a hire purchase instalment. rare. ΚΠ 1957 F. King Man on Rock i. 7 I can't even afford to pay the never-never on a wireless. B. adj. (attributive). Unrealistic, unrealizable, imaginary, chimerical. Also (occasionally): (of an attitude, etc.) characteristic of a person who says ‘never, never’. Cf. never adv. 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [adjective] eutopian1606 utopian1613 Erewhonian1897 ecotopian1975 never-never1986 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xiv. 243 ‘So when you did get a woman who wanted you..you got a bit too much of a good thing.’ ‘Ay! Seems so! Yet even then I'd rather have her than the never-never ones.’ 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Jan. 36/2 Norman Thomas, who had the courage to deplore our never-never attitude to the recognition of Red China. 1986 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 May g1 He..set the action in a never-never landscape populated by a magic frog, a talking dog and a beautiful princess. 2002 Townsville Bulletin (Nexis) 6 Feb. 16 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Saturday, however, that it wasn't a ‘never, never’ position, and that eventually ‘our attitudes may change’. Compounds C1. attributive. Australian. Of or relating to the never-never (sense A. 1). a. In general use. rare. ΚΠ 1833Never-never black [see sense A. 1]. 1900 H. Lawson Verses Pop. & Humorous 15 They thirst on Greenland snowfields, On Never-Never sands. 1961 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Feb. 15/1 The dusky handmaidens appeared carrying the marrowbones, the opening course of every ‘never never’ banquet. 2002 Herbert River Express (Nexis) 19 Dec. 9 The Never Never sand hills reach beyond the searching eye. b. Never-Never Country n. Australian = sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > specific never-never1833 Never-Never Country1859 never-never land1875 marismas1884 Neverland1892 garigue1896 bled1930 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [noun] > Australia > interior Never-Never Country1859 outside1869 Centralia1887 centre1896 way back1901 outback1904 Dead Heart1906 Red Centre1935 1859 Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane) 2 Mar. He holds an unstocked run in (let us say) the ‘Never Never’ country. 1877 ‘Capricornus’ Land Law of Future 47 The outside districts have next to be dealt with—the dry, waste, ‘never-never country’. 1907 H. Lawson Romance of Swag (1924) 82 He was a sort of Bush missionary Out Back in Australia, and before he died he was known from the Riverina to away up through the Never-Never Country in Western Australia. 1974 B. Roland No Ordinary Man 169 The Never Never country, the remote Australian outback. 2000 Australian (Nexis) 24 Feb. 3 With the shade of a giant raintree providing only faltering relief from the midday heat of the Never Never country, Jessie, Splinter and Old Man Daylight yesterday stepped forward to accept freehold title of the Northern Territory's fabled Elsey Station. C2. attributive. colloquial. Of, relating to, or designating the hire-purchase system. Cf. sense A. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > hire purchase time payment1852 consumers' credit1886 hire-purchase1895 never-never1926 1926 E. Wallace More Educated Evans ii. 39 Her uncle..drove a taxi which he..had purchased on the ‘never never’ system. You pay £80 down and more than you can afford for the rest of your life. 1960 News Chron. 29 Apr. 6 Twenty per cent is a small deposit for hire purchase, and the most reputable ‘never-never’ firms have been asking that. 2000 Evening Standard (Nexis) 3 Oct. 29 She had no income, except for the one pound 10 shillings a week she earned as a credit draper's shop assistant while my father paid the rent and never-never payments on furniture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1833
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