Blongo Ball At The Beach
There is a new game I learned at the beach last week. While I have played Bocce Ball and Wiffle Ball at the beach, I saw people playing a new game where golf balls were being tossed onto horizontal targets! Now, I have seen a few frustrated golfers toss a golf ball, but this was new to me. While some folks nicknamed the game Hillbilly or Poor Man’s Golf, the official name is Blongo Ball. Say what? I looked up the word in a dictionary and got this:
A universal adjective that the speaker wants it to mean: Good, bad, cool, uncool, hip, sweet, wasted, hurt, etc. Coined by David G circa 1970 and still in use by a number of uncivilized peoples of the Northern Region.
“Man, you are so blongo.” “That car is blongo!” “I had too much fun last night. I am totally blongo.”
Now, here is a picture of blongo player, Doug, as he demonstrates his form. I know he is civilized, although he is from the north, aka Cincinnati! 
The game is a lot of fun. They even have an official website. The family who brought this game to the beach was from Cleveland; and it appears that this game is very popular in the Midwest and new to the east coast.
I guess you could call today’s blog a “blongo” blog.
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