Bogan?

Gerry-Built said :

…ummmmm, no busgirl. Just an abnormally high concentration…

Oi! Now come on, you two! I live in Kambah and I’m not a Bogan! Although…. We do have a real live one living in the Guvvy house over the back, more’s the pity.

We have had a good cross-section of them over the last 27 years and despite their efforts the Guvvy house is still standing, so it must have been built reasonably well – although I shudder to think what the inside of it is like if the ‘garden’ is anything to go by, there was only ever one tenant who tried to keep it respectable – we even had one family light a fire against the wall to BBQ their dinner!

…ummmmm, no busgirl. Just an abnormally high concentration…

…ummm, isn’t anyone who lives in Kambah classed as a bogan?

Bogans build classless roadside memorials when their friends/relatives crash their cars doing something stupid.

Bogans don’t like shirts and shoes. You’ll often see them barefoot, and sometimes even barechested, walking around our shopping malls.
Bogans can’t fukkin spell and dunno good gramma. And they like to swear a lot.
Bogans think that anyone who showers or shaves more than once a week is a ‘poofta’.
Bogans write at about the two-year-old level: by daubing mindless graffiti on every wall, bus stop and sign post they can find.
You’re not a real bogan unless you smoke.
Bogans say ‘youse’. They also say ‘me’ instead of ‘my’, and ‘us’ instead of me’. They also like casual threats of violence. For example: “Give us me fukkin smokes now, or I’ll smack ya”.

Take your Mum to North Canberra 🙂

I bloody love that TBL site second to RA. I love it on facebook. I like bogans, I am indifferent to bogues (especially the white sunnies, white shoes, orange skinned types).

CUB’s (have been there sometimes) are annoying to watch, but still amusing when they’re poor in between paydays or when the compo runs out only to be surrounded by Xtreme products everywhere but no loo paper or petrol for the beast(s).

I just love people though, I try to deep down not judge in the end, because I know how it feels to be judged. It’s just a laugh at the end of my day.

Now THIS is a bogan (from today’s ABC News):

“Canberra court has been told a teenage girl went on a high speed police pursuit in the hope of being arrested and sent to the same detention centre as her boyfriend.

The 16-year-old driver and four other girls – aged 13, 14, 15 and 17 – were charged over the early morning pursuit on March 19.

The chase began in New South Wales at Queanbeayan south-east of Canberra and continued into the ACT.

Today in the ACT Children’s Court the driver pleaded guilty to several charges.

The court was told her boyfriend had been remanded in custody the day before the incident and that influenced her decision to commit the offence.

Her lawyer said the girl has now realised Bimberi Youth Justice Centre is not a “holiday camp for young couples”.

Magistrate Karen Fryar told the teenager, if she committed the offence because of a boy it was a stupid decision.

The girl agreed.

She was granted bail.”

Bogon is a type of moth.

Bogan is quoted below

SmileOnTrial said :

Lower class Aussie that lives to drink. Never met a bogan that doesnt drink.

A family near me like to sit out on their front door step all the time. I’d say that would be a big tick in the bogan column.

Bogan. n

Any person or persons found living and breeding in a social cesspit, e.g. the region of Belconnen, AUSTRALIA, specifically from the ex-clave commonly called “Charnie” by its inhabitants. Clearly identifiable by Flannel Shirt, tatty denims, thongs all year round (unless of a higher caste where ugh boots are favoured) and a distinct underdevelopment of social skills, and brain activity in general and highly unco-ordinated ability to cope with any task over menial manual labour (excpetion noted of the desire or ability for “workin’ on me V8 til me next dole cheque on payday”. Also coloquealy known as cockroaches by way of the remainder of society, and the gene pool even, unable to “stamp them out”.

Ha !

Johnboy’s link is the funniest link of the day, perhaps even the week… – esp #110

Drinks pre-mix JD and Colas or Crown Lager on special occasions. The number of layers of clothing is inverse to the temperature. Is glad to see Matty Johns back on the TV. Has a son who’s name is or rhymes with Jayden (various spellings) or a daughter who’s name is or rhymes with Tahlia (various spellings). Reads the Daily Telegraph and watches Today Tonight. And is often found located at the site of a mate’s fatal accident.

As opposed to an intellectual who will tut-tut about the content of most of these posts

There are some great descriptions here and I love the Attenboroughesque explanation from Gerry-Built. That’s something my mother would completely understand.

And Daspuck has hit on a good point. It’s a bit like the Sixth Sense – I see bogans, but they don’t know they’re bogans.

Johnboy’s explanation has left me with no other option than to tell my mother it was not (technically) a bogan (or even a bogon) who followed her down Bunda street.

Is this the bogan equivalent of a lion marking his territory?

So if a bogan is equivalent of a lion that truly makes you a rabbit in every way.

Mully williams

Bogans themselves often don’t even realise they are bogans. I stood outside Coles in Jamison a few weeks ago and watched a rather rough looking family making fun of another man for being a “bogan” because he was carrying a case of Melbourne Bitter beer. I personally woulda assumed the family themselves fit the bogan description but then that’s just me:)

Maybe it’s like the term “slut”- there are various degrees of bogan-ness and anyone they see as “below” them IS one but they themselves are just “true blue aussie” (just like a “slut” might see themselves as just “affectionate”).

I have heard it said that the term ‘Charnies’ can be used interchangeably for bogan, and is the more localised variety. These can often be seen in shopping centres around Canberra and featuring “trakkies” (loose fitting track pants) and ugg boots (the female of the species often sports the pink variety), and commonly featuring flannelette upper garments, over black band t-shirts…

Generally, Charnies can be found complaining bitterly (often with colourful language) about the price of grocery food items, particularly whilst purchasing cartons of cigarettes and pre-mixed alcoholic beverages.

Charnies are no longer native to the Charnwood region, as the introduction of other more desirable species continues to effectively disperse populations. Charnies often breed in large numbers, generally with multiple partners. Parents often have significant trouble in rearing socially responsible offspring.

Adult Charnies must drive large, loud vehicles, often sporting flower decals (generally specific to female variety) or Southern Cross decals (generally specific to male variety).

…that’s what I heard anyhow…

sure she didn’t mean Vogon ?

If you hit a Bogan hard enough he will turn into a pile of Flannies, but if you lose the fight you then become a Bogan.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bogan
Gives a few good definitions 🙂

Lower class Aussie that lives to drink. Never met a bogan that doesnt drink.

Bogans have trouble communicating with their mouth, so they resort to other body parts instead.

Bogan = uneducated.

This pretty much sums it up:
http://thingsboganslike.wordpress.com/

Bogan: A person who doesn’t give a crap about anyone but themselves. Can be of any socio-economic background.

Characteristics:
– revving cars and doing burnouts late at night.
– having loud outdoor parties till 4am on weekdays
– burning toxic smelling rubbish in their backyard rather than paying the $9 tip fee.
– walking around with aggressive dogs (usually poorly trained staffies) that are off leash and uncontrolled.
– throwing lit cigarrette butts into your garden as they walk past the house.

Well your mother, by your own description, does not understand the bogue.

The average bogan earns more than I ever will and lives in a much bigger (though not necessarily nicer) house.

They’re just soul dead passive consumers.

Here are the things they like: http://thingsboganslike.wordpress.com/

Bogan is a word used to describe a Booner, otherwise known as a Bevan.