bogan

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unsophisticated person from a working class background. Australia,New-Zealand,slang
    — Bogans were Lockie's least favorite kind of people.
  2. Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater. Canada,Maine
    — All around the shores of the narrow bogan crowded the beasts, watching with wide, fascinated eyes the flight and fall of these disastrous missiles.
  3. An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts. New-Zealand,derogatory,ethnic,slang,slur
  4. An indigenous person. Canada,North,Ontario,Western,derogatory
    — Negative Stereotypes: Indians, natives, bogans, nates, […]
  5. A petrolhead. New-Zealand,derogatory,slang
动词 v.
  1. To act like a bogan. derogatory,rare
    — If you're coming in to cause trouble, don't bother […] bogan it up at home.

词形变化

bogans plural bogans present,singular,third-person boganning participle,present boganned participle,past boganned past bogans plural

词汇关系

相关词
cashed-up bogan hoon booner chav boogan

词源

词源 1
Unknown. First appeared in Australia in the 1980s. Possibly in reference to supposedly unsophisticated people from remote outback places such as the Bogan River or Bogan Gate (cf. dubbo from Dubbo).
词源 2
Uncertain. Perhaps a contraction of pokelogan influenced by bog (or bogue), or a blend of logan (from pokelogan) + bog.
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