Talk:bogan
The definition for New Zealand is essencially the same definition for Australia. Although an 'uncool' person would be refered to as a bogan it is only so becaue of the implication that they are a "member of a lower socioeconomic group historically classified by the wearing of black jumpers, black T-shirts decorated with designs including such bands as Led Zeppelin, The Doors and Nirvana or favourite drinks such as Jack Daniels or Jim Beam."
I just don't see how there is a difference…
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Rfv-sense:
- (Canada, North Western Ontario, slang, derogatory) An aboriginal person perceived as having gangster ties.
Being Canadian, this is unlikely to be etymologically related to the Oz/NZ term. But before moving it to its own etymology section, I thought it best to see if it is citable. It does not occur in the second ed. of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles (Fee and Dollinger 2017).-Sonofcawdrey (talk) 05:59, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
- I found two cites, and a few mentions. Some speculation that it is a corruption of pokologan, or related to the word for a creek or riverbed. I also found this, but I;m not sure that it's durably archived. Kiwima (talk) 09:46, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
I have had a look for a third cite, but have come up empty-handed so far.-Sonofcawdrey (talk) 06:49, 15 October 2018 (UTC)- Have added two more cites.-Sonofcawdrey (talk) 01:43, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 11:25, 29 October 2018 (UTC)