different between waggish vs woggish

English

Etymology

From wag (“waghalter, rogue”) +? -ish.

Adjective

waggish (comparative more waggish, superlative most waggish)

1. witty, jocular, like a wag
2. mischievous, tricky

Derived terms

• waggishly
• waggishness

Translations

Anagrams

• whiggas

English

Etymology

wog +? -ish

Pronunciation

Adjective

woggish (comparative more woggish, superlative most woggish)

1. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Exhibiting qualities or behaviour considered characteristic of a wog
   • 1960 Manohar Malgonkar, Distant drum, Asia Pub. House, p60

     I should have thought that we would have stopped all such woggish activities by now. I mean dancing and things.

   • 1987 Anna Gibbs & Alison Tilson, Frictions, an anthology of fiction by women, Spinifex Press, p6

     They were too unrestrainedly ethnic, too woggish (from another point of view), not middle-class enough for my father [...]

   • 2006 Irfan Agha, Uncle Cuckoo, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Pu, p104

     Thank God at least you don't speak with a woggish accent.