bogan

Meanings

Noun

• An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
• An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.
• A petrolhead.
• Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
• An indigenous person.

Verb

• To act like a bogan.

Related

Similar words

• bevan , westy / westie , booner , white trash

Origin

• Origin 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).