wogball

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

wog +‎ ball, since the game is played more by foreigners than by those born in Australia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun[edit]

wogball (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) soccer
    • 2010 June 15, Richard Aedy, “From wogball to a national game: soccer and multiculturalism”, in ABC Online‎[1]:
      In Australia soccer has gone from being dismissed as wogball as some called it to a widely supported national game

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References[edit]

  • Macquarie Slang Dictionary has an entry.
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