outaliner's definitions

Pogey

Slang for Employment Insurance or Welfare. Derived from the Scottish word "pogie" which means workhouse. A workhouse being a place in the 1500's where beggars, children and others unable to support themselves were sent to work and in turn be taken care of.

"Fuck working all winter, im just gonna go on pogey like everyone else"

by outaliner January 23, 2009