Words & TermsPeople and character
bogan
Also: boganhood, bogan chic
A person stereotyped as uncultured or unsophisticated.
In a sentence
He called himself a suburban bogan with obvious affection.
Where it came from
The earliest located evidence is from the Victorian surfing magazine Tracks in 1985. Television character Kylie Mole helped make the word national in the late 1980s; the proposed link with the Bogan River remains uncertain.
- First recorded
- September 1985
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australia-wide; early evidence from Victoria and youth culture