wogs

Noun (1)

wog (plural wogs)

1. (UK, dated, ethnic, slur) A non-white person, especially one of South Asian, Middle Eastern, or African descent.
   • 'One of the little Indian girls whose name is Polly has just come in to ask, " Miss D., what is a wog? One white boy called me a polliwog, and I thought a wog must be something bad."'1889, The American Missionary Volume 43 p. 81
2. (Australia) Someone of Mediterranean descent, such as an Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lebanese, Greek, or Maltese person.
   • 'Every fucking aussie. Go to Cronulla Beach Sunday for some Leb and wog bashing Aussie Pride ok.'2015, Johnny Lieu, “Cronulla Riots: What happened on one of Australia's darkest days”, in Mashable

   Synonyms:

   wop, dago, Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea

3. (attributive, often) A person who is not a Scientologist.
   • So yes, they do keep records, but no they are not 'accurate' in the wog world meaning of the word.1998 December 31, Hartley Patterson, “Documented Membership??”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet), message-ID <76gomd$tae$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk>

Noun (2)

wog (plural wogs)

1. (slang) A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator.

Noun (3)

wog (plural wogs)

1. (Australia, slang) A bug, an insect.
2. (Australia, slang) A minor illness caused by bacteria, virus, intestinal parasite, etc.

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