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Why are Australians bogan?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    The term bogan is an Australian and New Zealand slang word that can be used to describe any person with a lower working-class background,from any Country or whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour exemplify a gratified working class mentality and depending on the context, can be pejorative or self-deprecating.

    The bogan person will generally lack sophistication and refinement. Like about 74% of the USA

    Over the course of the last several decades, the bogan has become a very widespread and well recognised subculture, often as an example of bad taste. Various localised names exist that describe the same or very similar groups of people

    I believe there are More Bogans in the USA than australia has People

  • 5 years ago

    Bogan is just another name for trailer trash or any kind of people who live on the fringes of society and lack normal social graces. Every country has them. Not all Australians can be classified as bogan. Australians do not find the term offensive either so bad luck if that is what you are wanting to do.

  • Deb
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    Some are, some aren't. If you like you can hire a guide and go on a Bogan spotting tour. Great fun as long as you don't make eye contact, keep arms and legs inside the vehicle and be back at the hotel before sundown.

  • Only those who are under 30, regularly drink and smoke or over eat are bogans, everybody else tries to stay clear of them!

  • Jesk
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    not all Australians are bogans, there is lower class uncouth people in many countries, England has their Chavs, America has their Rednecks etc.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Bogans are people from the lower-socioeconomic class who have unkempt hair, lack of social values and are often stigmatized as criminals.

    Laverton in Victoria is a good example of it.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    People who live west of Concord Oval

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    How else are you going to be when you've reached the ends of the earth and can't find a woman to do it with you?

  • ?
    Lv 6
    5 years ago

    Too much alcohol and red meat.

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    depends

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