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wog

American  
[wog] / wɒg /

noun

Chiefly British Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to any nonwhite person, especially a dark-skinned person of Middle Eastern or Southeast Asian origin or descent.

wog 1 British  
/ wɒɡ /

noun

  1. slang a foreigner, esp one who is not White

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wog 2 British  
/ wɒɡ /

noun

  1. slang influenza or any similar illness

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Other Word Forms

  • woggish adjective

Etymology

Origin of wog

First recorded in 1925–30; perhaps shortening of golliwogg

Example Sentences

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There was not a sardine, not a minnow, not a polly- wog.

From The Cruise of the Snark by London, Jack

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