wog
IPA: wˈɔg
noun
- (Britain, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Any person who looks in-between "white" and "black": originally specifically an Indian, but later also broadened to anybody of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean descent.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Specifically someone of Mediterranean descent.
- (Scientology, often attributive) A person who is not a Scientologist.
- (nautical, slang) A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator.
- (Australia slang) A bug, an insect.
- (Australia slang) A minor illness caused by bacteria, virus, intestinal parasite, etc.
- (Australia slang, obsolete) A toy insect in parts that can be assembled, used in fund-raising games.
- A surname.
- Clipping of polliwog. [(US, dialectal) A tadpole.]
- Abbreviation of Winter Olympic Games.
- (piping, valves) Initialism of water-oil-gas, typically marked on valves that are acceptable for use with these fluids.
verb
- (Australia, WWII slang, obsolete) (Of soldiers stationed abroad) to sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants.
- (Australia, UK, dated) To steal.
adjective
- Abbreviation of whole-of-government.
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Examples of "wog" in Sentences
- Also don't come to my talk page and use words like wog.
- The use of wog as a racial slur seemed quite archaic to us.
- Josie reacts angrily to derogatory terms like wog and ethnic.
- This word golliwog may have given rise to the ethnic slur wog.
- Golliwog is possibly derived from wog, not the other way round.
- In the UK, the term wog box has fallen from favour in social discourse.
- It should be noted that throughout the UK wog has a modern definition as hair.
- I have also been called names such as yid, nigger, wog, half caste and mongrel.
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