wog

wog  (wg)

n. Chiefly British Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a person of color, especially a person from northern Africa or western or southern Asia.

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[Probably short for golliwog.]

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wog¹

n

(Sociology) Brit slang derogatory a foreigner, esp one who is not White

[probably from golliwog]

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wog²

n

(Medicine / Pathology) Slang chiefly Austral influenza or any similar illness

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wog - (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person

Translations

Wog [wɒg] N (Brit) (offensive) → negro/a m/f

wog

n (Brit pej sl) (= non-white foreigner) → Kanake m (pej sl); (= Arab) → Ali m (pej sl)