Although the term "bogan" is understood across Australia and New Zealand, certain regions have their own slang terms for the same group of people. These terms include: "Bevan" or "Bev" in Queensland.
an insulting word for a person whose way of dressing, speaking, and behaving is thought to show their lack of education and low social class. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Stupid and silly people. airhead.
bogan in British English
1. an unfashionable, unpopular person. 2. an unsophisticated, uneducated person.
Etymology 1
First appeared in Australia in the 1980s. Possibly in reference to supposedly unsophisticated people from remote outback places such as the Bogan River or Bogan Gate (cf. dubbo from Dubbo).
The dictionary described bogan as being an Australian and New Zealand informal word, meaning: "A boringly conventional or old-fashioned person," or "an uncouth or uncultured person".
Noun. eshay (plural eshays) (Australia, slang) A member of an Australian youth subculture favouring sportswear and electronic dance music, and commonly associated with criminal activity. (Australia, slang) A delinquent teenager; a chav.
Tasmania was named the 'bogan capital of Australia' with Taswegians earning four spots in the final. On the island of Tasmania, half the population has literacy and/or numeracy difficulties, and the unemployment rate is higher than it is in mainland Australia.
Historians and etymologists are still unsure as to precisely where the term bogan originated. Some research suggests the term originated from specific areas around Melbourne's western suburbs during the 1980s. Others believe it comes from communities living near the Bogan River in rural NSW.
The word "eshay" apparently derives from the Pig Latin for "yes" (originating as an affirmation). The term "adlay" (/ˈædleɪ/), Pig Latin for "lad," refers to the same subculture. Eshays, or lads, are often considered stereotypically hypermasculine and inclined to crime and violence.
Chav is something you call a person who is poor or from a lower class, loud, and may try to act from a higher class by wearing designer clothing. These people are usually young.
The online wictionary.org defines a yobbo as: "(slang, Australia) Someone, usually a male, who is uncouth, badly behaved and obnoxious. Loud and drunk are also characteristics, but not always present".
Bogan: “A lower class inhabitant, usually of South-Eastern Australia. Generally 'dim-witted', Bogans are well know for having poor and vulgar language and typically found in rural areas or outer, lower class, suburbs.”
The Australian National Dictionary explains that the Australian usages of mate derive from the British word 'mate' meaning 'a habitual companion, an associate, fellow, comrade; a fellow-worker or partner', and that in British English it is now only in working-class use.
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for goodbye is Hooroo and sometimes they even Cheerio like British people.
If you can, try using the person's clan or tribe name. And if you are talking about both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, it's best to say either 'Indigenous Australians' or 'Indigenous people'. Without a capital “a”, “aboriginal” can refer to an Indigenous person from anywhere in the world.
So Bogan becomes associated with the rough-an-ready makeshift ways of the bush. It is the opposite of city sophistication. It is then applied to a person who is characterised as similarly unsophisticated and becomes a cityslicker word for people from the backblocks.
(Australia) A person who is unsophisticated or of a lower class background but achieving a high salary, who spends money on flashy or trashy items to fulfil their aspirations of higher social status.
The worst performing states are Tasmania, with incomes 26% below the national income and wealth average, as well as South Australia which is 19% below the average household income and 20% below the national net wealth.
(ˈblækˌfɛlə ) Australian sometimes offensive. an Aboriginal or Black person: offensive when used by non-Black people.
extremely derogatory term for a person less intelligent than oneself: You're such a gronk.
Well. . . basically, an eshay is the Australian equivalent of the British Chav. Like any subculture, eshays are defined by a set of values, for eshays these include: Outfits: Polo shirts, shorts, trackies, bumbags, speed dealers (90s style sunglasses) and puffer jackets.