bogan
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Is bogan a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background.Examples: "Bogans were Lockie's least favorite kind of people."; "The Reservoir I grew up in was populated by menacing, toothless Torana-driving bogans, crushed menthol-smoking pensioners and toddlers who swore."Synonyms: adlay, bam, Barry boy, bazza, benny, bogan, bopper, brushAustraliaNew-Zealandslang
2. (New Zealand, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.Synonyms: bevan, westy, westie, booner, white trashNew-Zealandderogatoryethnicslangslur
3. (New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A petrolhead.New-Zealandderogatoryslang
verb (English)
1. (rare, derogatory) To act like a bogan.Examples: "If you're coming in to cause trouble, don't bother […] bogan it up at home."derogatoryrare
noun (English)
1. (Canada, Maine) Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.Examples: "All around the shores of the narrow bogan crowded the beasts, watching with wide, fascinated eyes the flight and fall of these disastrous missiles."CanadaMaine
2. (Canada, North Western Ontario, slang, derogatory, offensive) An indigenous person.Examples: "Negative Stereotypes: Indians, natives, bogans, nates, […]"; "Greg Quachegan, a teacher at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, was walking with his young daughters when someone yelled, “Bogans,” at them. He has no idea what it means, but it’s a slur aboriginal people hear often."; ""There's young men, on the weekends, they will throw beer bottles at you and yell out 'bogan' or 'squaw' or 'whore,'" said Deanne Hupfield, who grew up in Thunder Bay."CanadaNorthOntarioWesternderogatoryoffensiveslang
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
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