‘Bogan’ fury: Anger as Australian term similar to ‘Chav’ is included in Oxford Dictionary

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‘Bogan’ fury: Anger as Australian term similar to ‘Chav’ is included in Oxford Dictionary

June 21st, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

By
Daniel Miller

PUBLISHED:

10:29 EST, 20 June 2012

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UPDATED:

10:56 EST, 20 June 2012

The Australian term ‘Bogan’ has been included in the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time sparking complaints over its definition as an ‘uncouth’ or ‘unsophisticated’ person.

The term, which is used in New Zealand as well as Australia, has been compared to the British word ‘Chav’ and the American term ‘White Trash’.

While its listing was
generally welcomed, the given definition of ‘an unfashionable, uncouth,
or unsophisticated person, esp. regarded as being of low social
status’, prompted a series of complaints.

Definition: The Australian term 'Bogan' has been included in the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time

Definition: The Australian term ‘Bogan’ has been included in the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time

The term, which is believed to have been coined in Melbourne during the 1980s, has variously been used to describe working class,
barbeque-loving, heavy metal fans who wear jeans and black -T-shirts.

There are however a range of connotations with cricketer Shane Warne commonly cited as being a celebrity bogan and the TV characters Kath and Kim female examples.

Dave Snell, a New Zealander who completed
a doctoral thesis on bogan identity, told Stuff magazine: ‘As a bogan
I’m quite offended at the idea that the definition includes an
uncultured person. I think it’s just a different culture.

Australian cricketer Shane Warne, seen here dressed as his father to promote a popular brand of beer, is often cited as a celebrity Bogan

‘Bogan culture takes a lot of New Zealand culture characteristics. It’s almost like New Zealand culture in a concentrated form.’

Dianne Bardsley director of the New Zealand Dictionary Centre said the term stemmed from when the Irish first arrived in New Zealand and Australia.

She said: ‘They had a hard time…in fact the Australians used to call a dust storm a bogan shower.’

‘It’s got this history of degradation.’

Bardsley said that while the word had existed for a long time, ‘it’s not a term your grandmother would use’.

Online columnist, Tory Shepherd, said bogans are now celebrated in Australia.

Writing on the Punch website she said: ‘While the OED is to be congratulated for trying to keep up with the times, it’s clearly far behind them,’

‘Bogans can be found not just on red carpets and setting trends in glossy magazines, but in Parliament and on television. They are Gods on the sporting fields, royalty on Twitter. Today, we celebrate bogans.’