豪キャブラリー:Bogan Bits
「Bogan bits」とは、女性boganが髪を後ろで高いポニーテールや大きなもつれたお団子にまとめ、前髪として2本の毛束だけを残したヘアスタイルを指す。 Strine Dictionary | 考えRoo
Bogueis our affectionate cultural examination of the Australian bogan.
We are interested in boganism not as something to ridicule or look down upon, but as a distinctive and important part of Australian life. The bogan has its own language, fashions, music, humour, food, cars, traditions, attitudes and ways of expressing identity.
We explore where these characteristics came from, how they have changed, and what they tell us about Australia and Australians. We look at the history and evolution of the bogan, as well as contemporary trends and the way bogan culture has influenced mainstream Australian life.
We also examine the phenomenon from overseas, including its sometimes surprising connections with Japan.
There is plenty of humour here, but the humour is affectionate rather than contemptuous. We recognise that “bogan” can sometimes be used as a derogatory label, and we do not use it to make assumptions about people’s intelligence, education, income or worth.
In short, Bogue celebrates, investigates and occasionally has a good laugh about one of Australia’s most recognisable cultural phenomena.
We’re not looking down on the bogan. We’re looking at the bogan — proudly.

は、オーストラリアの重要な文化現象である「ボーガン(bogan)」を、親しみと敬意を込めて探るコーナーです。
ここで取り上げるのは、人をからかったり、見下したりするための「ボーガン」ではありません。ボーガンには、独特の言葉、ファッション、音楽、ユーモア、食文化、車、習慣、価値観、そしてアイデンティティの表現があります。
私たちは、ボーガン文化がどのように生まれ、どのように変化してきたのか、そしてオーストラリア社会やオーストラリア人の暮らしについて何を物語っているのかを探ります。歴史だけでなく、現在のトレンドや、ボーガン文化が一般的なオーストラリア文化に与えた影響にも注目します。
さらに、海外から見たボーガン文化や、日本との意外なつながりについても考察します。
もちろん、ユーモアも大切にします。ただし、それは侮蔑ではなく、親しみを込めたものです。「ボーガン」という言葉が侮蔑的に使われる場合があることも踏まえ、人の知性、学歴、収入、社会的価値などを決めつけるためには使いません。
つまり「ボーグ」は、オーストラリアを代表する文化現象のひとつを、誇りを持って、真面目に、そして時には大いに笑いながら見つめるコーナーです。
ボーガンを見下すのではなく、ボーガンを誇りを持って見つめます。
「Bogan bits」とは、女性boganが髪を後ろで高いポニーテールや大きなもつれたお団子にまとめ、前髪として2本の毛束だけを残したヘアスタイルを指す。 Strine Dictionary | 考えRoo
「Bogan」とは、洗練されていない、あるいは俗っぽいと見なされる人を指すオーストラリアのスラングである。場合によっては、蔑称として使われることもあれば、ユーモアを交えた自虐的な意味合いで使われることもある。1980年代以降、「ボーガン」は広く認知されたサブカルチャーとなり、しばしば「悪趣味」の代名詞として挙げられるようになった。 Strine Dictionary | 考えRoo
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