Pete Tong

English

Etymology

Rhyming slang referencing English disc jockey Pete Tong, coined by Paul Oakenfold in late 1987.

Adjective

Pete Tong

  1. (rhyming slang) Wrong.
    • 2012, Echo Freer, Magenta Sings The Blues, page 88 [1]:
      I might have been totally Pete Tong about this type of gig being Magenta's cup of tea
    • 2020, IMDb review of "A Christmas Exchange" [2]:
      Cor blimey guv'nor, where did they get those accents from? [...] Their accents are completely Pete Tong.

Usage notes

Usually, but not exclusively, in the expression go Pete Tong.

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