bogan

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbəʊɡən/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bō′gən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bo•gan  (bō′gən),USA pronunciation n. [Northern Maine and Canadian](chiefly Maritimes and Northern New Brunswick).
  1. Canada, British Terms, Dialect Termsa backwater, usually narrow and tranquil.
  2. Canada, British Terms, Dialect Termsany narrow stretch of water.
  • 1895–1900; apparently shortening of pokelogan, perh. conflated with bog1; compare logan

Bo•gan  (bō gan′, bō′gən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Louise, 1897–1970, U.S. poet.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bogan / ˈbəʊɡən/
  1. (esp in the Maritime Provinces) a sluggish side stream
    Also called: logan, pokelogan
Etymology: of Algonquian origin
bogan / ˈbəʊɡən/
  1. an unfashionable, unpopular person
  2. an unsophisticated, uneducated person
Etymology: 20th Century: of unknown origin
'bogan' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
logan - pokelogan

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