Bog Words And The Goldmine Of Bogan Language

Bogan culture generates an astonishing amount of linguistic creativity.

  • bogan;
  • boganic;
  • boganity;
  • boganhood;
  • boganism;
  • boganland;
  • bogan chick;
  • cashed-up bogan;
  • boganomics;
  • bogan-ville;
  • bogan-aire;
  • bogan pride.

The fact that Australians can keep attaching suffixes to bogan is itself linguistically interesting. Researchers describe the word as unusually productive in Australian English. And then there is bogan pronunciation.

The stereotype exaggerates features of Australian English:

fishing → fishin’
going → goin’
mate → maaate

The dropping of final consonants, broad vowels, swearing and exaggerated informality become part of the performance of bogan identity.

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    やばいリンガル：Westie

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