BOGAN

Meaning of BOGAN in English

/ ˈbəʊgən; NAmE ˈboʊ-/ noun

( AustralE , NZE , informal ) a rude or socially unacceptable person

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WORD ORIGIN

of unknown origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BOGAN — ˈbōgən noun ( -s ) Etymology: of Algonquian origin; akin to Malecite pecelaygan stopping place dialect : pokelogan
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BOGAN — /boh gan", boh"geuhn/ , n. Louise , 1897-1970, U.S. poet.
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BOGAN — /boh"geuhn/ , n. Northern Maine and Canadian ( chiefly Maritimes and Northern New Brunswick ). 1. a backwater, usually narrow …
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BOGAN — Person of questionable upbringing. Example: That guy is a bogan. Imagine wearing acid-washed jeans and moccasins to this resaurant.
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BOGAN, LOUISE — born August 11, 1897, Livermore Falls, Maine, U.S. died February 4, 1970, New York, New York American poet and literary …
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ANGRY BOGAN — A discontented and disillusioned individual, angry at the world, with a penchant for wearing flannel. Example: Hey AJ, did you …
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WHISTLE — I. ˈhwisəl also ˈwi- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Old …
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SWAGGER — I. ˈswagə(r), -waig- verb ( swaggered ; swaggered ; swaggering -g(ə)riŋ ; swaggers ) Etymology: probably from swag (I) + …
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PRIMORDIAL — I. (ˈ)prī|mȯ(r)dēəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin primordialis, from Latin primordium beginning, origin (from neuter of primordius original, …
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ORPHIC — I. ˈȯrfik, ˈȯ(ə)f-, -fēk adjective also or·phi·cal -fə̇kəl, -fēk- Etymology: orphic from Latin Orphicus, from Greek Orphikos, from Orpheus, Thracian …
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MACHINE — I. məˈshēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, from Latin machina, from Greek (Doric dialect) machana (Attic mēchanē ), …
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PUR SANG — (ˈ)pu̇(ə)r|säⁿ adjective Etymology: French pur-sang thoroughbred animal, from pur pure + sang blood, from Latin sanguis : being such beyond …
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POLEMIST — -mə̇st also ˈpäləm- noun ( -s ) Etymology: polem ic (I) + -ist : one skilled in or given to …
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NIGGLING — adjective Etymology: from present participle of niggle 1. : petty impatient with small patterns and regular meters, which they find …
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MANNERISM — ˈmanəˌrizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: manner (I) + -ism 1. a. : exaggerated or affected emulation of or adherence …
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INTENSITY — ə̇n.ˈten(t)səd.ē, -ətē, -i noun ( -es ) Etymology: intense + -ity 1. : the quality or state of being intense: …
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ANNOUNCE — əˈnau̇n(t)s verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English announcen, from Middle French annoncer, from Latin annuntiare, adnuntiare, from ad- + …
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POKELOGAN — /pohk"loh'geuhn/ , n. Northeastern U.S. marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake. Also, pokeloken …
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STURT, CHARLES — born April 28, 1795, Bengal, India died June 16, 1869, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Eng. Australian explorer whose expedition down the Murrumbidgee …
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NAIRNE (OF NAIRNE), CAROLINA NAIRNE, BARONESS — ne Oliphant born Aug. 16, 1766, Gask, Perth, Scot. died Oct. 26, 1845, Gask Scottish songwriter and laureate of Jacobitism, …
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GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON — born Aug. 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main died March 22, 1832, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar German poet, novelist, playwright, and natural philospoher, …
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DARLING RIVER — river, longest member of the MurrayDarling river system in Australia; it rises in several headstreams in the Great Dividing Range …
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COBAR — town, central New South Wales, Australia, in the Western Plains region. Cobar (the name is from an Aboriginal word meaning …
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COMMODOREBOGAN — A person who drives a commodore, usually in a stupid and totally bogan way. Example: The guy that crashed into …
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