The traditional Bogan:
Identification key for the male of the species:
Black desert boots, tight black jeans, blue singlet or black t-shirt (AC-DC etc), blue chequered flannelette (flanny) long sleeved shirt.
Mullet haircut (Short at the front, long at the back – refer:
Billy Ray Cyrus The haircut with its own motto: 'Business at the front, party at the back' in some circles also referred to as: 'Party at the back, business at the front' Either way it is still a shit haircut.
Smokes ‘winfield blues’, these are generally located rolled up in the sleeve of the ‘flanny’
Drinks
Victoria Bitter (
VB)
Drives a generally loud V8 Holden or Ford with a stupid sticker on the back
taking the piss out of the make of car that they do not drive; or simply stating the make/model of car that they do drive, just in case they forget.
Identification key for the female of the species:
Loud whore with way too many snotty brats, horrible shrill voice, shocking accent, really stupid (no analogy available), shops at
Safeway, also possesses all of the traits of the male of the species.
Social activities include: going down the pub, drinking, arguing, violence, breeding, prejudice of all varieties, watching the
footy, watching
Big Brother, watching
Greys anatomy, watching
today tonight and
A current affair to see what their relatives are up to, watching the cricket, ten-pin bowling, doing
burnouts and bog laps (bogan laps = driving around town just because), filling the front yard up with cars thereby further devaluing the neighbourhood,
bbq’s and referring to everyone else as bogans (no I am not a bogan; don’t be a
smart-arse lol)
The contemporary Bogan:
White trash with a severe American influence on their language, social skills and lack of fashion sense.
Friday 26/12/2008