# Where does "neener neener neener" come from?

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**Created:** [November 28, 2000, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-neener-neener-neener-come-from/43092 "2000-11-28T21:34:42Z")\
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This is the mention I remember.

[Leonard Bernstein - Young People’s Concerts: What Does Music Mean?](https://youtu.be/U6JsfDIo4TA?si=vcQZtQHpt5SEmOs9&t=1803)

But he doesn’t say anything about its original source. Mussorgsky does show that it goes back at least to Paris (or Russia) in his day.

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**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-neener-neener-neener-come-from/43092/22 "2024-04-04T18:50:51Z")

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The first (and only) place I’ve ever seen “neener neener neener” is in Dave Barry’s column, cited upthread.

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**Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-neener-neener-neener-come-from/43092/23 "2024-04-04T20:48:18Z")

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There was a hot dog place in town that _wanted_ its name to sound like ‘Neener Neener Weener’. Unfortunately, they didn’t use a spell-checker.

[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/4GHLUrY.jpeg "Do I really want to eat at a place that can") ](https://imgur.com/4GHLUrY/)

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