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

  • In any case, the origin of the word wog is unknown.
  • When my grandfather got called a wog it wasn’t meant as a joke.
  • For the term wog, I recommend John Masters 'Bhowani Junction (see below).
  • I didn't know what 'wog' meant, I just knew that it would upset him and so I said it.
  • And I stick by the term wog from the bog - I had no intention of offending anybody, I just think its funny.
  • The word 'wog' is a uniquely English one, although today it is an apt description of my status as an American if not a good description of how I feel.
  • My dad's an unbelievably positive person, but I do know that he was called a wog, and probably had a hard time at work, and could speak very little "Inguish".
  • He -- actually I think humorously-- treated the great Indian ornithologist Salim Ali like a "wog" Ali, a sane man who considered M. a friend, found it funnier than not in his autobiography.
  • It was an article that basically maintained that my dear friend Joseph Massad is a "wog" who has gone too far, and that he has to behave himself, and act like a submissive Arab living in the West.

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