Bogan vs Australian - What's the difference?
bogan | australian |
(Australia, slang, derogatory) A person perceived to be unsophisticated or of a lower class background.
* 1999 , , Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster ,
* 2009 , Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home ,
(Australia, slang, obsolete) Something of poor quality.
(New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.
(New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A petrolhead.
(Canada, North Western Ontario, slang, derogatory) An aboriginal person perceived as having gangster ties.
(rare) To act like a bogan.
(Canada) Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
* 2001 , Charles G. D. Roberts, Seán Virgo, Kindred of the Wild , page 130:
A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.
A person from the continent of Australia.
A language of the country or continent of Australia; Australian (Australian English).
Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.
As nouns the difference between bogan and australian
is that bogan is a person perceived to be unsophisticated or of a lower class background while Australian is a person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.As a verb bogan
is to act like a bogan.As a proper noun Bogan
is a river of central to northern New South Wales, Australia, a tributary to the Darling.As an adjective Australian is
of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.bogan
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)page 6,
- Bogans were Lockie's least favorite kind of people.
page 47,
- The Reservoir I grew up in was populated by menacing, toothless Torana-driving bogans , crushed menthol-smoking pensioners and toddlers who swore.
Synonyms
* (unsophisticated person) dag (Australia), chav (British), redneck (US) * (poor Anglo-Celtic person) bevan , white trash (US)See also
* cashed up bogan * hoon * booner * chavVerb
(bogann)- "If you're coming in to cause trouble, don't bother ... bogan it up at home." - Lord Mayor Robert Doyle [http://www.optuszoo.com.au/article/news/news_latest/news_latest_ndm/620]
Etymology 2
Apparently a conflation of logan'' (from ''pokelogan'') with ''bog .Noun
(en noun)- All around the shores of the narrow bogan crowded the beasts, watching with wide, fascinated eyes the flight and fall of these disastrous missiles.