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polliwog
English
Alternative forms
- pollywog, polliwig, polliwiggle, pollywig, polwig, porriwiggle, purwiggy, porwigle, porwiggle
Etymology
From earlier polwigge, from Middle English polwygle, equal to poll (“head”) +? wiggle.
Noun
polliwog (plural polliwogs)
- (US, dialectal) A tadpole.
References
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wog
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
- An abbreviation of golliwog, which was first used the name of a black-faced doll in Florence Upton’s 1895 book The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg. A variety of erroneous folk etymologies exist, with the most common claiming that the word is an acronym for one of either westernized, worthy, wily, or wonderful preceding “Oriental gentlemen”. Another erroneous claim is that it was used in the mid 1800s, with WOGS (meaning Working On Government Service) stencilled on the shirts of Indian workers in Egypt.
Noun
wog (plural wogs)
- (Britain, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Any dark-skinned person. It originally referred specifically to Indians, but later also applied to people of North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry.
- (Australia, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person of Southern European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Southeastern European ancestry.
Synonyms
- (person of Italian descent): dago, Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea, wop
Translations
Derived terms
- wogball
- woggish
- wogspeak
- woggy
Verb
wog (third-person singular simple present wogs, present participle wogging, simple past and past participle wogged)
- (Australia, WWII slang, obsolete) (Of soldiers stationed abroad) to sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants.
- (Australia, WWII slang, obsolete) To steal.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of polliwog (“a tadpole”).
Noun
wog (plural wogs)
- Abbreviation of polliwog.
- (nautical, slang) A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator. Often referred to as either filthy, slimy, or even dirty wogs
Etymology 3
Unknown. Probably an abbreviation of polliwog (“a tadpole”).
Noun
wog (plural wogs)
- (Australia slang) A bug, an insect.
- (Australia slang) A minor illness caused by bacteria, virus, intestinal parasite, etc.
- (Australia slang, obsolete) A toy insect in parts that can be assembled, used in fund-raising games.
Etymology 4
Following the usage of L. Ron Hubbard, who held that wog was originally an acronym of Worthy oriental gentleman, but employed it in the specific sense of 'common ordinary run-of-the-mill garden-variety humanoid'.
Noun
wog (plural wogs)
- (Scientology) A person who is not a Scientologist.
- 2012, Bruce Clark, Love, Sex, Fleas, God
- At the Org there were mixed feelings towards wogs because, at any given time, there were wogs in our midst. Wogs coming in off the street in search of Scientology services were looked upon favourably […]
- 2012, Bruce Clark, Love, Sex, Fleas, God
References
Anagrams
- Gow, Gow., gow
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vo?k/
Verb
wog
- first/third-person singular preterite of wiegen
- first/third-person singular preterite of wägen
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