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Redneck vs Bogan - What's the difference?

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Bogan is a synonym of redneck.



In lang=en terms the difference between redneck and bogan

is that redneck is the nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921 while bogan is to act like a bogan.

As nouns the difference between redneck and bogan

is that redneck is an uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor caucasian person, typically used to describe residents (of any gender) of the rural Southern US 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.

redneck

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) An uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor caucasian person, typically used to describe residents (of any gender Country Music Lyrics New Country Tunes) of the rural Southern US.
  • (slang) The nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921. West Virginia Division of Culture and History
  • (UK, archaic) The nickname given to Roman Catholics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

    • Synonyms

    * cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash

    Derived terms

    * redneckish * redneckism * rednecky

    References

    English ethnic slurs

    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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