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Chav vs Bogan - What's the difference?

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Bogan is a synonym of chav.



As nouns the difference between chav and bogan

is that chav is a working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle while bogan is a person perceived to be unsophisticated or of a lower class background.

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.

chav

English

(wikipedia chav)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, pejorative, offensive) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.
  • * 2011 , ‘Giving the poor a good kicking’, The Economist , 18 Jun 2011:
    • His book concerns ‘chavs ’, a supposed underclass of ill-educated, fast-breeding, violent and amoral poor people currently plaguing Britain.

    Synonyms

    * See

    Derived terms

    * chavelling * chavette * chavster * chavtastic * chavving * chavvy

    References

    * "Good news for chavs: they may be cool people soon" by Robin Young, The Times , 2004-10-19, accessed 2005-04-15 * World Wide Words: chav, by Michael Quinion, accessed 2005-04-15 * Posting by "Quizmonster" in The Answer Bank, 2005-02-22, accessed 2005-04-15 * Posting by "Dick Jones" in FrizzyLogic, 2004-03-19, accessed 2005-04-15 * "The Chavs are Coming", The Irish Times 2005-03-23, accessed 2005-04-15 * Bragg, M. 'The Adventure of English', London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2003: 26.

    See also

    * charva * mush * ned * pikey * scally

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    bogan

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia, slang, derogatory) A person perceived to be unsophisticated or of a lower class background.
  • * 1999 , , Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster , page 6,
    • Bogans were Lockie's least favorite kind of people.
  • * 2009 , Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home , page 47,
    • The Reservoir I grew up in was populated by menacing, toothless Torana-driving bogans , crushed menthol-smoking pensioners and toddlers who swore.
  • (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.
    • Synonyms
    * (unsophisticated person) dag (Australia), chav (British), redneck (US) * (poor Anglo-Celtic person) bevan , white trash (US)
    See also
    * cashed up bogan * hoon * booner * chav

    Verb

    (bogann)
  • (rare) To act like a bogan.
    • "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)
  • (Canada) Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
  • * 2001 , Charles G. D. Roberts, Seán Virgo, Kindred of the Wild , page 130:
    • All around the shores of the narrow bogan crowded the beasts, watching with wide, fascinated eyes the flight and fall of these disastrous missiles.

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