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bogger¹

Rhymes with -ɒɡə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From various senses of bog + -er.

noun boggers

  1. Someone associated with or who works in a bog. “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. 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.

    Similar: boglander, culchie, bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin

  4. Newfoundland A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete.
  5. Australia, Western, slang Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground. Polish Joe was a bogger, a man who shifted unbelievable quantities of dirt away from the face from which it had been blown, and into trucks for dumping in the underground bins each day.
  6. Australia, Western, slang A machine which shovels up and carries ore and/or rock in an underground mine
  7. 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?

    Similar: bathroom, latrine, necessarium, toilet, toilet room, urinal, water closet, WC, cloaca, closet, jacques, kocay

  8. Northern England, derogatory, slang A member of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.

adjective

  1. comparative comparative form of bog: more bog

bogger²

Rhymes with -ɒɡə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From bugger.

noun boggers

  1. pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of bugger, used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment. "You bloody bogger...!

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@misc{bogger_2026,
  title = {bogger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bogger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}