Meaning of wog | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of Winter Olympic Games.
   abbreviation, alt-of
2. Initialism of water-oil-gas, typically marked on valves that are acceptable for use with these fluids.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
3. A surname.
4. A non-white person, originally specifically an Indian. (In later use, more loosely used of various non-white peoples. Now dated and sometimes conflated with gollywog.)
   British, dated, ethnic, slur
5. Clipping of polliwog.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
6. A bug, an insect.
   Australia, slang
7. Someone of Mediterranean descent, such as an Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lebanese, Greek, or Maltese person.
   Australia
8. A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator.
   slang
9. A minor illness caused by bacteria, virus, intestinal parasite, etc.
   Australia, slang
10. A person who is not a Scientologist.
    attributive, often
11. A toy insect in parts that can be assembled, used in fund-raising games.
    Australia, obsolete, slang

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Examples

“'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."'”

“"The King Edward's Horse called the Indian Cavalry 'The Wogs'—which is the diminutive of 'Golliwogs',—a description that was very apt of these dark apparitions in khaki and tin-hats."”

“'Every fucking aussie. Go to Cronulla Beach Sunday for some Leb and wog bashing Aussie Pride ok.'”

“So yes, they do keep records, but no they are not 'accurate' in the wog world meaning of the word.”

“I'm of course talking about Hubbard's books (including Book One) being extensively rewritten, and Scn's decision to remove any mention of LRH from materials intended for wogs.”

“At the Org there were mixed feelings towards wogs because, at any given time, there were wogs in our midst. Wogs coming in off the street in search of Scientology services were looked upon favourably […]”

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