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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Canada Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
- n. Australia, slang, derogatory A person perceived to be unsophisticated or of a lower class background.
- n. Australia, slang, obsolete Something of poor quality.
- n. New Zealand, slang, derogatory An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.
- n. New Zealand, slang, derogatory A petrolhead.
- n. Canada, North Western Ontario, slang, derogatory An aboriginal person perceived as having gangster ties.
- v. rare To act like a bogan.
Etymologies
- Apparently a conflation of logan (from pokelogan) with bog. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Including the word bogan in a campaign like this will only reinforce a negative message in people's minds.”
“She calls herself a "bogan" - the Australian term for”
“I'd never heard the word 'bogan' until recently – or at least was never conscious of it – and now I hear it about 47 times a day.”
“One titled "RIP Holden Commodore" claims to have been formed "to remember, honour and love the fine piece of engineering we've lost", referring to Corey as a "bogan" killed by a "brave car".”
“A former Gold Coast meter maid and Hooters waitress is set to become the new "bogan" of”
“Mr Redegalli said the mural has been vandalised twice since he painted it on Monday, once with the word 'bogan' written across it.”
“THERE'S a golden rule behind the new $300,000 campaign to rid Logan of its rough-as-guts image - don't mention the word "bogan".”
“Australia's Next Top Model, Ms Rochester said she hoped her daughter embraced the "bogan" nickname the show's mentor Jonathan Pease gave her.”
“It's a strange mentality, hooning, and it seems a typically "bogan", or redneck, thing to do.”
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“I would just like to extend thanks to my friends for not being like my neighbour's friends, starting loud bogan fights, smashing glasses in the pool area, or listening to trance.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bogan’.
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WWF WTF?
Ever play "Words With Friends" with someone and they throw down some strange, unlikely group of letters that makes even the most mild and squeaky clean tongued person say "whiskey tango foxtrot"? ...
oorie, sangar, merl, cwm, doum, weir, jura, invar, lawine, tapa, waw, shog and 376 more...
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
babeldom, baccate, bacchanal, bacciferous, bacciform, baccivorous, bacillicide, backstay, bactericide, baculiform, baculine, baculum and 582 more...
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Enter the Rustics
A fanfare for the Common Man. Words for rustics, yokels, and woolhats of all sorts.
woolhat, yokel, rustic, hucklebuck, hick, redneck, bogan, goober, hayseed, bumpkin, countryman, peasant and 70 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 1972 more... -
The List Of Words That Rewrote The Hi...
Ah, yeah, this is a list of words that I think sound pretty funny... or dumb, either way, I like 'em so, yeah.
flabergasted, smash, wang, wordie, drum, rumplestiltskin, resistance, watt, hindu, universal serial bus, bearing, nematode and 138 more...
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Those kind of people
descriptors for people polite society avoids
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Me and My Life.
Words that describe anything about me and my life
pork, claque, purple zone, yak-shaving, boarder, bogan, poon, spleen, poontang band, dressups, doona run, milo and 3 more...
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Stralya
I love a sunburnt country
Some words will just always conjure images of my country for me.snag, footy, holden, bondi, bewdy, fair dinkum, strewth, minda, bruce, mate, dinky di, true blue and 47 more...
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pax australiana
first in, best dr..., chalk and cheese, chuck a sickie, banana bender, sandgroper, croweater, budgie smuggler, bludge, bathers, swimmers, bogan, buck's night and 73 more...
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plutoman's list
fossick, rat's razoo, barmy, bohemian, talisman, tagada tsoin-tsoin, ponsonby, badugi, ombudsman, obfuscate, zombie, forgettory and 56 more...
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Glory Glory
All about boarding life.
There is a mixture of positive and negative.claque, sisters, overshare, emotional, bogan, shower timer, harris, patchell, stairs, leave slips, formal dinner, shower roster and 47 more...
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Australiana
quokka, wombat, numbat, bonzer, grouse, woop woop, not the full quid, zac, mate, koala, chunder, vegemite and 49 more...
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ashwinsodhi's Words
moot, debauchery, denizen, fricative, ute, bogan, cacophony, solipsism, innocuous, skepticism, fecund, dishoom and 8 more...
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Australian Derivation ... or, you kno...
Words I heard there. Or from Australians.
didjeridoo, budgerigar, kangaroo, wombat, kookaburra, echidna, koala, dreamtime, matilda, waltzing matilda, billabong, coolibah and 44 more...
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yaktail's Words
fecund, ute, bogan, salmagundi, sheist, ointment, fike, hullaballoo
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bogan.
bilby A powerhouse of Australian boganism is on display in this Drambuie thing. Dec 9, 2007