http://wordie.org/words/pongo Comments for the word 'Pongo' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/pongo#comments I love this name too. It reminds me of the daddy dog in the book 101 Dalmatians. But... I found this usage--had no idea it was a type of <a href="/words/orangutan">orangutan</a>!<br /><br />"'They are charming animals, from what I have heard and what little I have seen: gentle, deliberate, with nothing whatsoever of the <a href="/words/baboon">baboon</a>, the <a href="/words/mandril">mandril</a>, or even the <a href="/words/pongo">pongo</a>, let alone the restless <a href="/words/petulant">petulant</a> <a href="/words/wantonness">wantonness</a> of <a href="/words/monkey">monkey</a>s in the general sense...'"<br />--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 191 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:04:59 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/pongo#comments http://wordie.org/words/pongo#comments I approve of this name. Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:28:04 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/pongo#comments http://wordie.org/words/pongo#comments type genus of the family Pongidae, in other words, a large orange orangutang; the long limbed simian of Sumatra. Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:03:42 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/pongo#comments http://wordie.org/words/pongo#comments Name of future pet pug. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:59:36 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/pongo#comments