different between mascot vs golliwog

English

Alternative forms

• mascotte (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæs?k?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæs?k??t/

Noun

mascot (plural mascots)

1. something thought to bring good luck

   I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.,

2. something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group

   Tommy the Tyke is the mascot of Barnsley FC.

Derived terms

• mascotry

Translations

Anagrams

• catoms, comast, comsat

English

Alternative forms

• golliwogg (original spelling, dropped within nine years of publication)

Etymology

Probably a blend of golly +? polliwog Coined for the illustrations by Florence Kate Upton for her mother Bertha Upton?s 1895 children?s book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls — and a ‘Golliwogg’.

Pronunciation

Noun

golliwog (plural golliwogs)

1. A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel.
2. (dated, racist, offensive) A black person.
3. (Australia) A hairy caterpillar. [From 1920.]
4. A receiver of stolen goods. [From ca 1930.]
5. (rhyming slang as "the golliwogs") Greyhound racing: the jolly dogs.

Related terms

• wog

Translations

References

• David Pilgrim, The Golliwog Caricature, 2000 http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/golliwog/
• Bob Dixon, Racism:  All Things White and Beautiful http://www.peace-workshop.freeuk.com/AllthingsWhiteandBeautiful.htm
• The Oxford English Dictionary.
• golliwog at OneLook Dictionary Search