bogan (plural bogans)
(Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
(New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.
(New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A petrolhead.
• (unsophisticated person): dag (Australia), chav (British), redneck (US), NED (Scottish)
• (poor Anglo-Celtic person): bevan (Australia, Queensland), westy / westie (Australia (esp. Sydney), NZ (esp. Auckland)), booner (Australia, Canberra), white trash (US)
bogan (third-person singular simple present bogans, present participle boganning, simple past and past participle boganned)
(rare) To act like a bogan.
bogan (plural bogans)
(Canada) Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
(Canada, North Western Ontario, slang, derogatory, offensive) An indigenous person.
• Gabon, goban, obang
Uncertain. Possibly from an Australian Aboriginal language.
Bogan
A river of central to northern New South Wales, Australia, a tributary to the Darling.
• Gabon, goban, obang
Source: Wiktionary
23 November 2024
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