wog Meaning & Definition
What Does Wog Mean?
Wog is a symbol that means ISO 639-3 language code for Wogamusin. As a noun, it means A non-white person, especially one of South Asian, Middle Eastern, or African descent. As a verb, it means To sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants.
Wog at a Glance
| Part of speech | symbol, noun, verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /wɒɡ/ |
| Synonyms | dago, Eyetie and goombah |
| Plural | wogs |
| Verb forms | wogs, wogging, wogged |
Wog Definition (Symbol)
- ISO 639-3 language code for Wogamusin.
Wog as a Noun
- A non-white person, especially one of South Asian, Middle Eastern, or African descent.
- Someone of Mediterranean descent, such as an Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lebanese, Greek, or Maltese person.
- A person who is not a Scientologist.
Wog as a Verb
- To sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants.
- To steal.
Noun
- Clipping of polliwog.
- A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator.
Noun
- A bug, an insect.
- A minor illness caused by bacteria, virus, intestinal parasite, etc.
- A toy insect in parts that can be assembled, used in fund-raising games.
Noun
- Any dark-skinned person. It originally referred specifically to Indians, but later also applied to people of North African, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry.
- A person of Southern European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or Southeastern European ancestry.
Verb
- (WWII slang) (Of soldiers stationed abroad) to sell something, especially illicit or stolen goods, to the local inhabitants.
- (WWII slang) To steal.
Noun
- A tadpole.
Noun
- A pollywog, or sailor who has never crossed the Equator. Often referred to as either filthy, slimy, or even dirty wogs
Synonyms of Wog
Wog synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
wog (plural wogs)
wog (third-person singular simple present wogs, present participle wogging, simple past and past participle wogged)
Origin of Wog
Origin 1: The origins are not entirely clear. The term was first noted by the lexicographer F.C. Bowen in 1929, in his Sea Slang: a dictionary of the old-timers’ expressions and epithets, where he defines wogs as "lower class Babu shipping clerks on the Indian coast."
Origin 2: The most common theory is that it is a clipping of golliwog, which was first used as the name of a black-faced doll in Florence Upton’s 1895 book The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg. A variety of folk etymologies exist, with the most common claiming that the word is an acronym for one of either westernized, worthy, wily, or wonderful preceding “Oriental gentlemen”. These are more likely backronyms. Another erroneous claim is that it was used in the mid 1800s, with WOGS (meaning Working On Government Service) stencilled on the shirts of Indian workers in Egypt.[1]
Origin 3: The Scientologist sense is from the usage of L. Ron Hubbard, who apparently accepted the folk etymology from “worthy Oriental gentleman” but employed the term to mean “common ordinary run-of-the-mill garden-variety humanoid”.
Origin 4: Clipping of polliwog (“a tadpole”).
Wog: Your Questions Answered
Is wog a symbol or a noun?
Wog is mainly used as a symbol, but it can also be used as a noun and a verb.
What is another word for wog?
You can replace wog with words such as dago, Eyetie and goombah. See the full list of wog synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of wog?
The plural of wog is wogs.
What is the past tense of wog?
The past tense of wog is wogged. The present participle is wogging.