Dictionary

bogger en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From various senses of bog + -er.

Meanings

1. (comparative, form-of) comparative form of bog: more bog
   form of bog

bogger en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From various senses of bog + -er.

Meanings

1. Someone associated with or who works in a bog.
   • “I was a bogger afore the war—” “A bogger?” “Yep. I was the one sent to get the cattle out of the muddy bogs and thickets.” 2000, Lorraine Heath., Never Love a Cowboy, page 51:
2. (Australia, slang) A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns).
3. (derogatory) Synonym of boglander: an Irishman, now (Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes) from anywhere other than Dublin and the Pale.
4. (Newfoundland, qualifier:Labrador) A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.
5. (Australia, Western, slang) Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground.
   • Polish Joe was a bogger, a man who shifted unbelievable quantities of dirt away from the face from which it had been blown, and into trucks for dumping in the underground bins each day. 1962, Bill Wannan, Modern Australian humour, page 176:
6. (Australia, Western, slang) Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground. ▸ A machine which shovels up and carries ore and/or rock in an underground mine
7. (Australia, slang) A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.
   • So what if you kissed some bogan mole in the bogger at some 3rd-rate bar?
8. (Northern-England, derogatory, slang) A member of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.

Forms

Coordinates

loader · rock truck · dump truck · steam shovel

Deriveds

mud bogger

Relateds

bogtrotter · nipper-bogger · bogman · bog warrior

Synonyms

withdraught · house of office · necessary room · potty · hob · teahouse · khazi · bathroom · jacques · hayseed · joskin · boglander · closet of decency · WC · washroom · shitter · rube · lav · john · purging place · latrine · carsey · rustic · boglander · dunny · place · urination station · dubbo · necessary place · office · cottage · boor · lavvy · neddy · bogger · lavatory · carl · netty · thunderbox · country bumpkin · churl · facilities · loo · toilet room · johnny · honyock · woolly back · tearoom · smallest room · lob · jakes · siege · cornhusker · water closet · vault · closet of ease · office of ease · usual offices · cludgie · hobnail · hick · CR · urinal · can · House of Lords · yokel · bucolic · necessarium · comfort room · corncob · hunk · kocay · bogtrotter · brasco · amenities · lavabo · six · cloaca · karzy · dike · throne room · shield · toilet · necessary · culchie · ladies and gentlemen · restroom · bog · provincial · clodhopper · wardrobe · culchie · hog-rubber · geography · promdi · jacks · bydlo · lats · small room · privy · crapper · closet · country cousin · bogger

bogger en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From bugger.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of bugger, used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment.
   alt of bugger
   alt of used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment
   • "You're a funny bogger, though. I never could mek yo' out. Ye're just like one of the lads, but sometimes there's a posh bogger trying to scramble out." 1998, Alan Sillitoe, The Broken Chariot:
   • "The dirty bogger! He's got a fancy woman! Nine times a week!" 1992, Alan Sillitoe, Saturday night and Sunday morning:
   • "You bloody bogger...! 1986, Ian Breakwell., Ian Breakwell's diary, 1964-1985:

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