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Wog is a slang word with several meanings, some commonly derogatory, some not. Wog is in the UK usually regarded as an offensive slang word referring to dark skinned, non-white people from Africa or ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog
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When I was a child someone told me that the racist slur wog (for Chinese/Asian people) meant “Worthy Oriental Gentleman ... Wog’s origin is disputed. In this little essay I shall pin the word to the etymological butterfly board, beginning with the probable ancestor of “wog,” proceeding to spurious etymologies,
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www.billcasselman.com/wording_room/wog_one.htm
www.billcasselman.com/wording_room/wog_one.htm
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Now, wading boots and Wellingtons pulled on our feet, let us wade into the turbid fen of false etymology,where every word’s origin is an acronym. Here lurk spurious origins offered by unlettered hoi polloi. The word wog has many.
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www.billcasselman.com/opening_page_two/wog_two.htm
www.billcasselman.com/opening_page_two/wog_two.htm
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wog1 wo(hook)g. slang. Origin uncertain: often said to be an acronym, but none of the many suggested etymologies is satisfactorily supported by ... The 1895 date for the book makes it the most likely origin for the racial wog, to displace it the naval meaning would have to be found to be in use racially earlier than 1929.
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www.newsfrombree.co.uk/wog_faq.htm
www.newsfrombree.co.uk/wog_faq.htm
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Wog is a British slur supposed by some to have originated in the colonial ... The origins of the term are unclear. Many dictionaries guess that it comes ...
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encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/wo/Wog
encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/wo/Wog
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In any case, the origin of the word wog is unknown. It does not come from golliwog. Many claim it is an acronym – from Western Oriental Gentleman or some such phrase. There is no evidence that this is true.
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/christopherhowse/8288667/...
blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/christopherhowse/8288667/golliwog_is_not_connected_with_wog/
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Such attempts to explain the word's origin are apocryphal at best. ... Wog is also a slang term in Australian English, denoting non-Anglo-Celtic Australians, usually people of Southern European Mediterranean ancestries. These days it is still applied to Greeks and Italians but is also used with Arabs or Turks.
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wikifun.blogspot.com/2006/05/wog.html
wikifun.blogspot.com/2006/05/wog.html
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I'm getting a bit fed up with Blogspirit -- it's not allowing me to post pictures in my mammoth Oscars post. So, ... The time has come for the deep-seated snarkiness inside me to spread its wings and take flight – for lo, ... Fashion-wise, last night’s Golden Globes were the equivalent of two Ambien and a bottle of scotch.
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mollywogger.blogspirit.com/
mollywogger.blogspirit.com/
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Rating: Switch channels if it's on cable ... The story got left behind, far behind. What story, you may ask? And a good question it would be. I can't find a single nice thing to say about a film. Not a line, not one joke. What can you do when ... An auspicious red and golden cloth flies across the bright blue Los Angeles sky.
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wogma.com/movie/kambakkht-ishq-review/
wogma.com/movie/kambakkht-ishq-review/
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