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单词 bogan
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bogann.

Brit. /ˈbəʊɡ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈboʊɡ(ə)n/, Australian English /ˈboʊɡ(ə)n/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Bogan.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < the surname Bogan.Perhaps compare the short story (concerning Irish immigrants in the United States) The Luck of the Bogans (1889) by the American author Sarah Orne Jewett. Austral. National Dict. (1988) records Bogan shower, ‘a dust storm’, with reference to the Bogan River in New South Wales, from 1904, but there is no evidence for any connection with the use below.
Australian and New Zealand colloquial (depreciative).
An unfashionable, uncouth, or unsophisticated person, esp. regarded as being of low social status.
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1984 Xavier Coll. (Melbourne) Mag. 3 Flick-knife: standard bogan equipment, used when the bogan is losing a fight.
1985 Tracks Sept. So what if I have a mohawk and wear Dr Martens (boots for all you uninformed bogans)?
1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 6 July Bevans and bogans eat at McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, the Taco Den or Kentucky Fried Chicken. The more adventurous may try the local Chinese shop occasionally, but only when they are feeling cosmopolitan.
1990 J. Kenway in J. Kenway & S. Willis Hearts & Minds vii. 153 I don't know any of the ones from Hall that are gentlemen, they are just a load of bogans.
2008 R. Wilson Bogan Pride 15 Most outsiders would call us in Boonelg ‘bogans’ but even though we might not have much in terms of material wealth or personal sophistication we have plenty of heart and great spirit.
2011 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 19 Sept. I was still dressing like a bogan and, for a guy playing guitar in a rock band, I was totally ‘uncool’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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