bogan.
An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
Meaning & usage
An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.
A petrolhead.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. First appeared in Australia in the 1980s. Possibly in reference to supposedly unsophisticated people from remote outback places such as the Bogan River or Bogan Gate (cf. dubbo from Dubbo).
To act like a bogan.
Where this word comes from
Unknown. First appeared in Australia in the 1980s. Possibly in reference to supposedly unsophisticated people from remote outback places such as the Bogan River or Bogan Gate (cf. dubbo from Dubbo).
Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
An indigenous person.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction of pokelogan influenced by bog (or bogue), or a blend of logan (from pokelogan) + bog.
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