Posted on 02/05/2011 3:47:25 PM PST by decimon
The phrase "bunga bunga" has become inextricably linked with the private life of Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, and for those who have puzzled over its origins an intriguing new explanation of its meaning has been offered.
The comical-sounding phrase made its first appearance back in October, when 17-year-old Moroccan belly dancer Karima El Mahroug - who calls herself Ruby - said she had attended "bunga bunga" parties with other women at Mr Berlusconi's villa in Milan.
Italian newspapers immediately scrambled to find out its origins.
The finger of blame was initially laid upon Mr Berlusconi's friend Col Muammar Gaddafi, with allegations of parties hosted by the Libyan leader involving "harems" of young Western women.
Then stories circulated claiming the phrase owed its origins to a bawdy joke, which Mr Berlusconi's detractors claimed was one of his favourites.
Then this week Sabina Began, German actress and friend of the Italian prime minister, told Sky Italia that she herself was bunga bunga.
"'Bunga bunga' is simply my nickname," the 36-year-old said.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Same as “nooky nooky”.
You have truly led an interesting life. (I've seen some of your other comments referring to past, ummmm, exploits.)
So in your honor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunghole
Hamlet: To what base uses we may return, Horatio! Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?BTW, do you remember the comic strip Wizard of Id? The court jester / drunk was named "Bung".
If you know anything about the cattle industry.... most beef bung used to be exported to Korea... until McDonalds came along....
gosh, since I read that ~ I stopped eating Big Macs
I don't know a thing about the cattle industry, and from the sound of your comment, it's probably just as well I'm ignorant of it. I eat very little red meat (I'm not a vegetarian; red meat doesn't agree with my system since I turned 50 or so) so I tend to not frequent McDonalds except for the occasional order of fries when I'm traveling.
"Beef bung" just has an unpleasant ring to it...
Groucho Marx and the Three Stooges also.
Liberals love changing history.
Death or Bunga Bunga!
I haven’t seen four balls that close together since brokeback mountain.
Bunga Bunga is Cowa’s sister.
I think it came from an old classic tune Begin the Began or something.
Didn’t Capt. Binghamton got the Bunga Bunga curse on McHale’s Navy?
Bunga Bunga is the past participle of Cawa bunga
> so be it, death by bunga bunga”
That’s the way I heard it also, except then the phrase was “buff buff” instead of “bunga bunga”. I think I prefer the sound of the latter for the joke.
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I heard it as “death by RU-RU”
Reagan too? ;-)
Except that it was spelled "roo roo" in the version that Dave Barry popularized...
Now, if we can only figure out the meaning of "Macaca" we'll have it made...
Looks like it!
Too bad they can't do as well “investigating” real issues that truly matter.
But, we already knew this even before Sarah was nominated for Veep...and Obama was "vetted" by that selfsame Press.
Why, it's clearly an epithet directed at diversity. It sounds like maccaw or Maccau. As we all know these indigenous terms should not be uttered by the undiverse.
And, to top it all off, it ends with "caca," which is foreign for poo. It's all some kind of xenophobic, racist and quite possibly speciesist code, of that there can be no doubt. /s
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