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wog

(wŏg)

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.

[Probably short for golliwog.]

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wog

(wɒɡ)

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

[probably from golliwog]

wog

(wɒɡ)

(Pathology) slang chiefly Austral influenza or any similar illness

[C20: of unknown origin]

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wog

(wɒg)

n.

usage: This term is a slur and should be avoided. It is used with disparaging intent and is perceived as highly insulting.

—n.

Brit. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. (a contemptuous term used to refer to a foreigner, esp. a native of a Mediterranean or SW Asian country.)

[1925–30; of obscure orig.]

wog′gish, adj.

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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

Kanake

straniero

Wog

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

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wog

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

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