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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.
Pom or pommy is an Australian English, New Zealand English, and South African English term for a person of British descent or origin. The exact origins of the term remain obscure (see here for further information). A legend persists that the term arises from the acronym P.O.M.E., for "prisoner of Mother England" (or P.O.H.M, "prisoners of His ...
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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 ...
While many dialects of English make use of diminutives and hypocorisms, Australian English uses them more extensively than any other. [1] [2] Diminutives may be seen as slang, but many are used widely across the whole of society. [1] Some forms have also spread outside Australia to other English-speaking countries. [3]
If anything, I suspect it was an Australian reinvention of the term "Sand Niggers" as used in the US by a similarly bigoted minority, and would confuse the general meaning of "Wog" as applied in Australia by the populace at large.