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Bogan
Definitions
- 1 A river of central to northern New South Wales, Australia, a tributary to the Darling.
- 2 A surname from Irish.
- 3 A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Bogan Shire.
- 4 A locality in the Warren council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.
- 1 An unsophisticated person from a working class background. Australia, New-Zealand, slang
"Bogans were Lockie's least favorite kind of people."
- 2 Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater. Canada, Maine
"All around the shores of the narrow bogan crowded the beasts, watching with wide, fascinated eyes the flight and fall of these disastrous missiles."
- 3 An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts. New-Zealand, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
- 4 An indigenous person. Canada, North, Ontario, Western, derogatory, offensive, slang
"Negative Stereotypes: Indians, natives, bogans, nates, […]"
- 5 A petrolhead. New-Zealand, derogatory, slang
- 1 To act like a bogan. derogatory, rare
"If you're coming in to cause trouble, don't bother […] bogan it up at home."
Etymology
Unknown. First appeared in Australia in the 1980s. Possibly in reference to supposedly unsophisticated people from remote outback places such as the Bogan River or Bogan Gate (cf. dubbo from Dubbo).
Unknown. First appeared in Australia in the 1980s. Possibly in reference to supposedly unsophisticated people from remote outback places such as the Bogan River or Bogan Gate (cf. dubbo from Dubbo).
Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction of pokelogan influenced by bog (or bogue), or a blend of logan (from pokelogan) + bog.
Uncertain. Possibly from an Australian Aboriginal language.
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Bogáin (“descendant of Bogán”), a personal name from a diminutive form of bog (“soft, tender”).
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