different between bogger vs bogged

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???(r)

Etymology 1

From various senses of bog +? -er.

Noun

bogger (plural boggers)

1. Someone associated with or who works in a bog.
   • 2000 Lorraine Heath. Never Love a Cowboy, page 51,

     “I was a bogger afore the war—”

     “A bogger?”

     “Yep. I was the one sent to get the cattle out of the muddy bogs and thickets.”

2. (Australia, slang) A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns).
3. (originally Britain, derogatory) Synonym of Boglander: an Irishman, now (Ireland, derogatory) a yokel, an Irishman from the countryside or (sometimes) from anywhere other than Dublin and the Pale.
4. (Newfoundland, Labrador) A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.
5. (Australia, Western Australia, slang) Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground.
6. (Australia, slang) A lavatory: a room for urination and defecation.

   So what if you kissed some bogan mole in the bogger at some 3rd-rate bar?

7. (Northern England, derogatory, slang) Someone of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.

Synonyms

• (Irishman, particularly a rural one): Boglander, boglander
• (lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom

Related terms

• bogtrotter (Ireland)
• bog warrior (Ireland)
• bogman (Ireland)
• nipper-bogger (Australia)

Adjective

bogger

1. comparative form of bog: more bog

Etymology 2

From bugger.

Noun

bogger (plural boggers)

1. Pronunciation spelling of bugger. Used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment.
   • 1986, Ian Breakwell. Ian Breakwell's diary, 1964-1985,

     "You bloody bogger...!

References

• 2005, Simon Elmes, Talking for Britain: a journey through the nation's dialects.
• 2006, Eric Partridge, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I.
• 1983, Irving L. Allen, The language of ethnic conflict: social organization and lexical culture.

Afrikaans

Noun

bogger (plural boggers)

1. Alternative spelling of bokker

Interjection

bogger

1. Alternative spelling of bokker

English

Verb

bogged

1. simple past tense and past participle of bog

Adjective

bogged (comparative more bogged, superlative most bogged)

1. Stuck; unable to progress; having been bogged down.