bogan
Meanings
Plural: bogans
Noun
- 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.
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
adlay, bam, Barry boy, 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, westie, westy, white trash, wigger, yarco, yob, yobbo
Scrabble Score: 8
bogan is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbogan is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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