different between bogan vs petrolhead

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo???n/

Etymology 1

Origin unknown. First appeared in Australia in the 1980s. Possibly in reference to supposedly unsophisticated people from remote outback places such as the Bogan River or Bogan Gate (cf. dubbo from Dubbo).

Noun

bogan (plural bogans)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
   • 1999, Tim Winton, Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster, page 6,

     Bogans were Lockie's least favorite kind of people.

   • 2009, Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home, page 47,

     The Reservoir I grew up in was populated by menacing, toothless Torana-driving bogans, crushed menthol-smoking pensioners and toddlers who swore.

2. (New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.
3. (New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A petrolhead.

Synonyms

• (unsophisticated person): dag (Australia), chav (British), redneck (US), NED (Scottish)
• (poor Anglo-Celtic person): bevan (Australia, Queensland), westy / westie (Australia (esp. Sydney), NZ (esp. Auckland)), booner (Australia, Canberra), white trash (US)

Translations

See also

• cashed up bogan
• hoon
• booner
• chav

Verb

bogan (third-person singular simple present bogans, present participle boganning, simple past and past participle boganned)

1. (rare) To act like a bogan.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown. Perhaps a conflation of logan (from pokelogan) +? bog.

Noun

bogan (plural bogans)

1. (Canada) Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
2. (Canada, North Western Ontario, slang, derogatory, offensive) An indigenous person.

Anagrams

• Gabon, goban, obang

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo??n/, [?bo??n]

Noun

bogan

1. plural of boga

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?an/, [?bo.??ãn]

Verb

bogan

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of bogar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of bogar.

Yagara

Verb

bogan

1. sleep

References

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.

English

Etymology

From petrol +? -head.

Pronunciation

Noun

petrolhead (plural petrolheads)

1. (colloquial) A person who is overly reliant on the use of their car, resisting any suggestion to use other means of transport.
2. (colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) A bogan who is overly fond of their car or motorbike and enjoys showing it off and making noise with it.
   • 2000, Chris Baker, Kokopu Dreams, Huia Publishers, New Zealand, page 87,

     There were four of them, old-style petrolheads, with greasy jeans and leather jackets. Each had a rifle trained on the pair. They looked barely out of their teens.

3. (colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) A person involved in motor racing as either participant or dedicated spectator.
4. (colloquial, Britain) A car enthusiast.
   • 2004, Roger Austin Learmonth, Petrolhead: The Life and Times of a Classic Car Buff, ?ISBN.
   • 2009, Stuart Prebble, Grumpy Old Drivers: The Official Handbook, unnumbered page,

     In the early years it^{[Top Gear]} had been very much a series for people I believe are known by the curiously unappealing term ‘petrolheads’. Since most petrolheads are probably out in the evenings, burning up the rubber or the tarmac or whatever it is that petrolheads do, the show had a fairly limited audience.

Synonyms

• (person overly reliant on use of his/her car):
• (bogan overly fond of his/her vehicle):
• (person involved in motor racing): revhead
• (car enthusiast): motorhead (North American English), gearhead