bogan

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 See also 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Old English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

• ‘bogan’ is used occasionally in Australian literature before 1900 as a word to describe something of poor or little quality (most notably in “The City of Dreadful Thirst” by the Australian poet Banjo Patterson).
• Possibly named after the Bogan River area in Australia.

[edit] Noun

bogan (plural bogans)

1. (Australian) A person who is, or is perceived to be, unsophisticated or of a lower class background, more or less analogous to the British term chav or US American term redneck.
2. (New Zealand) An anglo-celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group historically classified by the wearing of black jumpers, or black concert T-shirts. Bogans often drive larger cars and are often referred to as petrolheads.
3. (North Western Ontario) A slang word for a Native person typically perceived as having gangster ties.

[edit] Synonyms

• (uncool person): dag (Australia), chav (British)
• (in New Zealand sense): bevan (Queensland, Australia), westy or westie (Australia, especially Sydney), booner (Canberra)

[edit] See also

• cashed up bogan
• hoon
• booner

[edit] Adjective

bogan (used only attributively; not comparative or superlative)

1. Characteristic of a bogan.

   He had a bogan mullet.

[edit] Verb

to bogan (third-person singular simple present bogans, present participle boganning, simple past and past participle boganned)

1. (rare) To act like a bogan.

   "If you're coming in to cause trouble, don't bother ... bogan it up at home." - Lord Mayor Robert Doyle [1]

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abgno
• Gabon

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈboɣɑn/

[edit] Noun

bogan

1. Plural form of boga.