/ˈboʊɡən/
OriginUnknown. 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).
- Australia, New-Zealand, slangAn unsophisticated person from a working class background.
“Bogans were Lockie's least favorite kind of people.”
“The Reservoir I grew up in was populated by menacing, toothless Torana-driving bogans, crushed menthol-smoking pensioners and toddlers who swore.”
- Canada, MaineAny narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
“All around the shores of the narrow bogan crowded the beasts, watching with wide, fascinated eyes the flight and fall of these disastrous missiles.”
- A river of central to northern New South Wales, Australia, a tributary to the Darling.
- A local government area in New South Wales, Australia; in full, Bogan Shire.
- A locality in the Warren council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.
- A surname from Irish.
Formsbogans(plural) · Bogans(plural)