Green’s Dictionary of Slang

bong n.2

[? echoic of the supposed noise of tapping an empty head]

(UK juv) an eccentric.

OnLine Dict. of Playground Sl. 🌐 bong n. 1) a mentler.

In compounds

bonghead (n.)

(US) a fool.

[US]E. Hoagland Cat Man 177: ‘You don’t have to be a boss!’ ‘Hell, I won’t be, if guys like that stupid bonghead out there are all I can get’.