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The religion made up by a negro man named Bokonon. It is a fictional religion used in the classic Kurt Vonnegut novel "Cat's Cradle" published in 1963. It is a religion that claims to all be lies, but is still popular in the fictional Caribbean Island "The Republic of San Lorenzo."
"All the true things I am about to tell you are all shameless lies," is a classic quote that defines the views of Bokonism.
Bokonism by Mr. Mojo Risin' August 5, 2006
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Boganism 

The art of removing your Holden badge to replace it with a Chevrolet badge in an attempt to increase power, looks, value to your stock standard commodore. Most commonly found on the SS model but also found on the v6 models making ones ecotec double in horsepower and size. The owners of these cars are usually seen hanging around centrelink offices trying to pick up single mums sporting either a southern cross tattoo or a mullet.
did u see the chev badge on the v6 commodore.. yea he is displaying his boganism.
Oi man my centrelink loan just got approved, im so buying some chev badges for my executive
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Ironic boganism 

-adjective

1. The partaking of overt acts of boganism by middle and upper-class Australians.

2. An Australian persons love of irony taken to an extreme and reflected in certain lifestyle choices in a somewhat conflicting manner, most usually to humorous effect.
ie.
a) An urban corporate executive (Andrew) discussing his car, "My love of the moment is a 1969 modded-up Holden Ute, Beryl-She is awesome!!!"

b) "Bogan" and "Kath and Kim" parties that take place in post-codes such as "3142"

c) The Working Dog's production of (The Australian version) of "Kath and Kim" was a piss-take and celebration of Boganism, but most Working Dog production members and writers would not be classifiable "bogans". Hence, they created a show with some foundations in ironic boganism.
Ironic boganism by elle_darko November 25, 2010
A religion made up by the Negro Lionel Boyd Johnson,pronounced "Bokon" in the dialect of San Lorenzo. Bokonism is advertised as founded on lies, but its basic idea is as follows: The human race is made up of groups of people who interact and affect one another, known as a karass. These karass are used by god as instruments to affect the state of the earth. This religion was created by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. in his book Cat's Cradle.
Bokonism is a religion.

Boganism 

A boganism is a word, or phrase used by a bogan to produce a maximum impact description of a person.
Some examples of word-boganisms are:

Slurry
sluzzdogga

Some examples of phrase boganisms are:

Jo is lower than a snake's Belly
Armostrong is slimier than an eel's arse
J.A. is a sluzzdogga
Boganism by nonturbo_brian September 18, 2009
The religion made up by bokonon

See also Bokonon, Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
I believe in the bittersweet lies of Bokonism.
Bokonism by Bokonon June 29, 2003
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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