picongn.

Brit.

/ˈpiːkɒŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpiˌkɔŋ/,

/ˈpiˌkɑŋ/, Caribbean English

/ˈpɪkɑŋ/,

/ˈpiːkɑŋ/

Forms: 1900s– pekong, 1900s– piccong, 1900s– picong.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish picón.

Etymology: < Spanish picón taunting (early 17th cent.) < picar to taunt, goad, annoy (see pick v.¹); perhaps influenced by picante picante adj., and (especially in pronunciation) French piquant piquant adj.

Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad).

Ritualized (and usually competitive) verbal ridicule, insult, or teasing; spec. the exchange of improvised rhyming repartee in calypso singing; esp. in to give (a person) picong. Also more generally: irreverent humour, mockery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun]

teenOE

scoffing1377

jeering1561

gibing1579

scoffery1589

girding1605

scoffagea1639

jeer1660

scommatism1664

chi-hike1915

signifying1929

picongc1938

c1938 J. I. Greenidge Bohemian Sketches Trinidad & Tobago's Hist. 61 The laughter-raising Spanish-worded ‘pekongs’ of contending chantrels.

1956 Caribbean Q. 4 iii– iv. 198 The Congos..carried on ‘picong’ or ‘fatigues’, elaborate ribbing of each other and the bystanders.

1960 Tamarack Rev. 14 19 The boys might start to give Frederick picong, when Bat beg them to ease up.

1974 Sunday Guardian (Port-of-Spain) 28 July 8/2 They were screaming and laughing and giving picong to all kinds of rhythms.

1980 D. Walcott Pantomime in H. Gilbert Postcolonial Plays (2001) 140/2 Something light, just a little pantomime, a little satire, a little picong.

1988 M. Matura Playboy of W. Indies i. 4 No need ter mention anyting, no even ter yer fadder, yer no he an de boys go give me a hard Picong, a beg yer.

2001 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. ii. 507/1 Picong—a Carnival tent ritual in which two calypsonians trade verses laced with innuendo and barbed commentaries.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	picong
释义	picongn. Brit. /ˈpiːkɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈpiˌkɔŋ/, /ˈpiˌkɑŋ/, Caribbean English /ˈpɪkɑŋ/, /ˈpiːkɑŋ/ Forms: 1900s– pekong, 1900s– piccong, 1900s– picong. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish picón. Etymology: < Spanish picón taunting (early 17th cent.) < picar to taunt, goad, annoy (see pick v.¹); perhaps influenced by picante picante adj., and (especially in pronunciation) French piquant piquant adj. Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad). Ritualized (and usually competitive) verbal ridicule, insult, or teasing; spec. the exchange of improvised rhyming repartee in calypso singing; esp. in to give (a person) picong. Also more generally: irreverent humour, mockery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [noun] teenOE scoffing1377 jeering1561 gibing1579 scoffery1589 girding1605 scoffagea1639 jeer1660 scommatism1664 chi-hike1915 signifying1929 picongc1938 c1938 J. I. Greenidge Bohemian Sketches Trinidad & Tobago's Hist. 61 The laughter-raising Spanish-worded ‘pekongs’ of contending chantrels. 1956 Caribbean Q. 4 iii– iv. 198 The Congos..carried on ‘picong’ or ‘fatigues’, elaborate ribbing of each other and the bystanders. 1960 Tamarack Rev. 14 19 The boys might start to give Frederick picong, when Bat beg them to ease up. 1974 Sunday Guardian (Port-of-Spain) 28 July 8/2 They were screaming and laughing and giving picong to all kinds of rhythms. 1980 D. Walcott Pantomime in H. Gilbert Postcolonial Plays (2001) 140/2 Something light, just a little pantomime, a little satire, a little picong. 1988 M. Matura Playboy of W. Indies i. 4 No need ter mention anyting, no even ter yer fadder, yer no he an de boys go give me a hard Picong, a beg yer. 2001 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. ii. 507/1 Picong—a Carnival tent ritual in which two calypsonians trade verses laced with innuendo and barbed commentaries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1938
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