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woggish en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From wog + -ish.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) Exhibiting qualities or behaviour considered characteristic of a foreigner
   • I should have thought that we would have stopped all such woggish activities by now. I mean dancing and things. 1960, Manohar Malgonkar, Distant drum, Asia Pub. House, page 60:
   • They were too unrestrainedly ethnic, too woggish (from another point of view), not middle-class enough for my father [...] 1987, Anna Gibbs, Alison Tilson, Frictions, an anthology of fiction by women, Spinifex Press, page 6:
   • Thank God at least you don't speak with a woggish accent. 2006, Irfan Agha, Uncle Cuckoo, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Pub., page 104:

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Synonyms

woggy