wog

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

wogs

1.
(British, dated, ethnic, slur)(British, ethnic slur, dated) A non-white person, originally specifically an Indian. (In later use, more loosely used of various non-white peoples. Now dated and sometimes conflated with gollywog.)
2.
(Australia)(Australia, originally an ethnic slur) Someone of Mediterranean descent, such as an Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lebanese, Greek, or Maltese person.
Đồng nghĩa: wop, dago
3.
(attributive, often)(Scientology, often attributive) A person who is not a Scientologist.
4.
(abbreviation, alt of, clipping)Clipping of polliwog.
5.
(slang)(nautical, slang) A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator.
6.
(Australia, slang)(Australia slang) A bug, an insect.
7.
(Australia, slang)(Australia slang) A minor illness caused by bacteria, virus, intestinal parasite, etc.
8.
(Australia, obsolete, slang)(Australia slang, obsolete) A toy insect in parts that can be assembled, used in fund-raising games.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

wogs

V_ing/Gerund

wogging

V_ed/pp

wogged

1.
(Australia, obsolete)(Australia, WWII slang, obsolete) (Of soldiers stationed abroad) to sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants.
2.
(Australia, UK, dated)To steal.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

wop dagoEyetiegoombahgreaseballguido guinea

Cùng gốc / liên quan

clog wogwogballwog boxwoggishwogspeakwoggy

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Nguồn gốc từ

The origins are not entirely clear. The term was first noted by the lexicographer F.C. Bowen in 1929, in his Sea Slang: a dictionary of the old-timers’ expressions and epithets, where he defines wogs as "lower class Babu shipping clerks on the Indian coast."