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Wog is a racial slur used to refer, in British English, to black and South Asian people, and, in Australian English, to people from the Mediterranean region. [1] Whilst it is extremely derogatory in British English, in Australian English it may be considered non-offensive depending on how the word is used, due to reclamation and changing connotations.
(UK and Australian military) Egyptians, [75] sometimes used affectionately, but "bloody Gyppo" was a term of abuse. Gypsy (International) a Sinti or Roma , also an Armenian of Roma descent, also wrongly used in the UK to describe itinerant non-Romanies such as Irish Travellers or the native travelling peoples of England, Scotland or Wales.
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Linguists Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer go through the history of some of the most popular slang words ever and talk about not only their origins, but why some of them have gone out of style ...
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The Wog Boy is a 2000 Australian comedy film directed by Aleksi Vellis and starring Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Lucy Bell, Abi Tucker, Stephen Curry, Tony Nikolakopoulos and Derryn Hinch. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Whilst the word wog is extremely derogatory in British English, in Australian English it may be considered non-offensive depending on ...
Grecoman – An insult frequently used in Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Romania, meaning "pretending to be a Greek". Wog – A derogatory racial term primarily used in Australia and New Zealand against Greeks, but also against other Mediterrenean people.