WOG

Wog

Wog is slang word in the idiom of British and Australian English employed as an ethnic or racial slur. Considered derogatory and offensive, in British English it is often applied in reference to a person from the Middle-East, Usually the Arabs of Lebanon/Palestine and Syria, Kurds, Turks and some Afghans. Also some Europeans fall under the Wog category, Greeks and Southern Italians as such.

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wog

Noun

  1. Any dark-skinned person. Most commonly used to refer to people of Indian, North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry.
  2. A person of Southern European, Mediterranean (especially Italian, Croatian, Lebanese, Greek, Serbian, Macedonian and Bosnian people).

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Abbreviation of polliwog
  2. Short for pollywog, or a sailor who has never crossed the Equator. Often referred to as either filthy, slimy, or even dirty wogs

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. A minor illness, a bug, an insect or parasite.

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. an acronym for "Without Goals", i.e. a person who is not a Scientologist.

Noun (etymology 5)

  1. WOG = water-oil-gas, typically marked on valves indicating acceptable for use with these fluids.

Verb

  1. To steal.


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