Definitions For Bogger

Etymology 1

From various senses of bog + er.

Noun

BOGGER (plural BOGGERs) Someone associated with or who works in a bog. (Australia, slang) A man who catches nippers (snapping prawns). 1966, Sidney John Baker, The Australian language, . (originally, _, UK, derogatory) : an irishman, now a yokel, an irishman from the countryside or (sometimes) from anywhere other than dublin and the pale. (Newfoundland, Labrador) A dare, a task that children challenge each other to complete., entry in 2004 [1990], George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, Dictionary of Newfoundland English. (Australia, Western Australia, slang) Someone who works to shovel ore or waste rock underground. , entry in 1989, Joan Hughes, Australian words and their origins. (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? (Northern England, derogatory, slang) Someone of the goth, skate, punk, or emo subculture.

Synonyms

Irishman, particularly a rural one Boglander, boglander lavatory See thesaurus:bathroom

Related terms

bogtrotter bog warrior bogman nipper-bogger

Adjective

Etymology 2

From bugger.

Noun

BOGGER (plural BOGGERs) Used particularly as an epithet or term of camaraderie or endearment., entry in 1990, Leslie Dunkling, A dictionary of epithets and terms of address.