WOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wog mean? 

• WOG (noun)
  The noun WOG has 1 sense:

1. (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia

  Familiarity information: WOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("wog" is a kind of...):

person of color; person of colour ((formal) any non-European non-white person)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))