As nouns the difference between bog and wog
is that bog is while wog is (british|slang|pejorative|ethnic slur) any dark-skinned person most commonly used to refer to people of indian, north african, mediterranean, or middle eastern ancestry or wog can be abbreviation of polliwog or wog can be a minor illness, a bug, an insect or parasite or wog can be (scientology) an acronym for "without goals", ie a person who is not a scientologist or wog can be wog = water-oil-gas, typically marked on valves indicating acceptable for use with these fluids.
As a verb wog is
(slang) to steal.
bog
Etymology 1
(etyl) and (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
An expanse of marshland.
(Ireland, British, New Zealand, coarse, slang) A toilet.
(US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
Synonyms
* (expanse of marshland) marsh, moor, swamp
* shithouse (taboo slang''), dunny (''Australia )
Derived terms
* bog bilberry
* bog brush
* bog iron
* bog orchid
* bog paper
* bog roll
* bog standard
Verb
(informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
(transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
Derived terms
* bog down
* bog up
Etymology 2
by shortening and euphemistic alteration from (bugger)
Verb
To go away.
Derived terms
* bog off
Anagrams
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wog
Etymology 1
Perhaps an abbreviation of golliwog .
The claim that it is an acronym for Westernised Oriental gentleman is demonstrably false, as this etymology does not seem to occur before the 1960’s although the term had been in use for over a hundred years at that point.
Noun
(
en noun)
(British, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) Any dark-skinned person. Most commonly used to refer to people of Indian, North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry.
(Australia, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of Southern European, Mediterranean (especially Italian, Croatian, Lebanese, Greek, Serbian, Macedonian and Bosnian people).
Synonyms
* (person of Italian descent) dago
* (person of Italian descent) Eyetie
* (person of Italian descent) goombah
* (person of Italian descent) greaseball
* (person of Italian descent) guido
* (person of Italian descent) guinea
* (person of Italian descent) wop
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of polliwog .
Noun
(
en noun)
Abbreviation of polliwog
(nautical, slang) Short for pollywog, or a sailor who has never crossed the Equator. Often referred to as either filthy, slimy, or even dirty wogs
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Noun
(
en noun)
A minor illness, a bug, an insect or parasite.
Etymology 4
Initialism, coined by .
Noun
(
en noun)
(Scientology) an acronym for "Without Goals", i.e. a person who is not a Scientologist.
Etymology 5
Initialism.
Noun
(
en noun)
WOG = water-oil-gas, typically marked on valves indicating acceptable for use with these fluids.
Etymology 6
Unknown.
Verb
(slang) To steal.
