Wog

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’É¡

Perhaps an abbreviation of golliwog.

The claim that it is an acronym for Westernised Oriental gentleman is demonstrably false, as this etymology does not seem to occur before the 1960’s although the term had been in use for over a hundred years at that point.

Full definition of wog

Noun

1. (British, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) Any dark-skinned person. Most commonly used to refer to people of Indian, North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry.
2. (Australia, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of Southern European, Mediterranean (especially Italian, Croatian, Lebanese, Greek, Serbian, Macedonian and Bosnian people).

Synonyms

• (person of Italian descent) dago
• (person of Italian descent) Eyetie
• (person of Italian descent) goombah
• (person of Italian descent) greaseball
• (person of Italian descent) guido
• (person of Italian descent) guinea
• (person of Italian descent) wop

Abbreviation of polliwog.

Noun

1. Abbreviation of polliwog
2. (nautical, slang) Short for pollywog, or a sailor who has never crossed the Equator. Often referred to as either filthy, slimy, or even dirty wogs

Unknown.

Noun

1. (Australia slang) A minor illness, a bug, an insect or parasite.

Initialism, coined by L. Ron Hubbard.

Noun

1. (Scientology) an acronym for "Without Goals", i.e. a person who is not a Scientologist.

Initialism.

Noun

1. (piping/valves) WOG = water-oil-gas, typically marked on valves indicating acceptable for use with these fluids.

Unknown.

Verb

1. (slang) To steal.

Derived terms

• woggish