bogan
9.9
Having dress or behaviour that seems unsophisticated, often linked to working-class suburbs
- adjective
- Offensive
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paleto
- He was criticized for his bogan taste in music and clothes.
Examples
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She decorated her room in a deliberately bogan style for the party.
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The movie features a group of bogan characters from the suburbs.
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He wore a bogan outfit to the party.
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I can't believe she chose that bogan style for her wedding.
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He was criticized for his bogan taste in music and clothes.
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The movie features a group of bogan characters from the suburbs.
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I can't believe she chose that bogan style for her wedding.
Antonyms
Compounds
How Uncultured
Surface Forms
bogan positive
Etymology
Bogan as an adjective comes from the same Australian slang for a person and describes a style or behaviour like that person. So calling music, clothes, or behaviour bogan means they are seen as 'not stylish' or 'uncultured'.