bogan
Plural: bogans
Noun
- A backwater, a tributary, or an isolated, often swampy, area.
- 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.
- Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
- An indigenous person.
Verb
- To act like a bogan.
Examples
- He searched the board for a small BOGAN, a quiet spot to play his tricky ’QI’.
Origin / Etymology
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).
Synonyms
Barry boy, Westie, adlay, bam, bazza, benny, bevan, bogan, booner, bopper, brush, charva, charver, chav, dobber, dresser, dumbo, eshay, gazza, gippo, herbert, hood rat, kev, knacker, mev, ned, nob, ocker, pikey, pleb, poor white trash, prole, puffy, radgie, redneck, rudeboy, rudie, scally, scanger, schemie, scobe, scoundrel, scratter, scrote, scrub, scrubber, scuffer, scumbag, scunner, scutter, sham, skanger, skeet, smackhead, smick, snoopy, spide, steek, stig, sweeper, thug, thugette, townie, trailer trash, trev, vic, westie, westy, white trash, wigger, yarco, yob, yobbo
Scrabble Score: 8
bogan: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbogan: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bogan: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary