bogger
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From various senses of bog + -er.
Noun
bogger (plural boggers)
- Someone associated with or who works in a bog.
- 2000 Lorraine Heath. Never Love a Cowboy, page 51,
- “I was a bogger afore the war—”
- “A bogger?”
- “Yep. I was the one sent to get the cattle out of the muddy bogs and thickets.”
- 2000 Lorraine Heath. Never Love a Cowboy, page 51,
- (Australia, slang) A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns).[1]
- (originally UK, derogatory) Synonym of Boglander: an Irishman, now (Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes) from anywhere other than Dublin and the Pale.
- (Newfoundland, Labrador) A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.[2]
- (Australia, Western Australia, slang) Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground.[3]
- 1962, Bill Wannan, Modern Australian humour[1], page 176:
- Polish Joe was a bogger, a man who shifted unbelievable quantities of dirt away from the face from which it had been blown, and into trucks for dumping in the underground bins each day.
- (Australia, slang) A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.
- So what if you kissed some bogan mole in the bogger at some 3rd-rate bar?
- (Northern England, derogatory, slang) Someone of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.
Synonyms
- (Irishman, particularly a rural one): Boglander, boglander
- (lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
Related terms
- bogtrotter (Ireland)
- bog warrior (Ireland)
- bogman (Ireland)
- nipper-bogger (Australia)
Adjective
bogger
- comparative form of bog: more bog
Etymology 2
From bugger.
Noun
bogger (plural boggers)
- Eye dialect spelling of bugger. Used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment.[4]
- 1986, Ian Breakwell. Ian Breakwell's diary, 1964-1985,
- "You bloody bogger...!
- 1998, Alan Sillitoe, The Broken Chariot:
- "You're a funny bogger, though. I never could mek yo' out. Ye're just like one of the lads, but sometimes there's a posh bogger trying to scramble out."
- 1992, Alan Sillitoe, Saturday night and Sunday morning:
- "The dirty bogger! He's got a fancy woman! Nine times a week!"
- 1986, Ian Breakwell. Ian Breakwell's diary, 1964-1985,
References
- ^ 1966, Sidney John Baker, The Australian language, page 223.
- ^ “bogger”, entry in 2004 [1990], George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, Dictionary of Newfoundland English.
- ^ “bogger”, entry in 1989, Joan Hughes, Australian words and their origins.
- ^ “Bogger”, entry in 1990, Leslie Dunkling, A dictionary of epithets and terms of address.
- 2005, Simon Elmes, Talking for Britain: a journey through the nation's dialects.
- 2006, Eric Partridge, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I.
- 1983, Irving L. Allen, The language of ethnic conflict: social organization and lexical culture.
Afrikaans
Noun
bogger (plural boggers)
- Alternative spelling of bokker
Interjection
bogger
- Alternative spelling of bokker
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