Wog vs Tog - What's the difference?
wog | tog |
(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).
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
(Scientology) an acronym for "Without Goals", i.e. a person who is not a Scientologist.
WOG = water-oil-gas, typically marked on valves indicating acceptable for use with these fluids.
(slang) To steal.
A cloak.
Clothes.
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To dress.
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As nouns the difference between wog and tog
is that wog is any dark-skinned person. Most commonly used to refer to people of Indian, North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry while tog is a cloak.As verbs the difference between wog and tog
is that wog is to steal while tog is to dress.wog
English
(wikipedia 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)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) wopEtymology 2
Abbreviation of polliwog .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
Unknown.Etymology 4
Initialism, coined by .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 5
Initialism.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 6
Unknown.Verb
Derived terms
* woggish English terms with unknown etymologies ----tog
English
(wikipedia tog)Etymology 1
From (etyl) togue, from (etyl) toga'', "cloak" or "mantle". It started being used by thieves and vagabonds with the noun ''togman , which was an old slang word for "cloak". By the 1700s the noun "tog" was used as a short form for "togman", and it was being used for "coat", and before 1800 the word started to mean "clothing". The verb "tog" came out after a short period of time and became a popular word which meant to dress up.Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”}}
Derived terms
* (l)Verb
(togg)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. […]”}}