词汇 | wog |
释义 | wog 1. adjective 1 foreign UK, 1956. 2 of non-Anglo-Celtic origin AUSTRALIA, 1944 2. noun 1 any person of non-white ethnicity; a native of the Indian subcontinent; an Arab; any (non-British) foreigner, as in 'the wogs begin at Calais'. Derogatory, patronising. Derives possibly from an abbreviation of 'golliwog' (a caricature, black-faced, curly-haired doll) but the widest usage is in reference to Asians and not black people. Popular, unproven etymology has 'wog' as an acronym of 'Western(ised) [or] Wily Oriental Gentleman' UK, 1929. 2 any language that isn't English AUSTRALIA, 1988. 3 a germ that causes an illness AUSTRALIA, 1941 |
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