For Mud bogger (vehicle, driver, tire), see Mud bogging. For bogger, the articulated mining vehicle (or operator), see Ore removal

Bogger[1] [2] is an Irish derisory term for someone not from a city. Under other circumstances, it can be extended to refer to those not from The Pale, or even more tightly, to those not from Dublin. People in Ireland (usually from Dublin) would also include people from Cork city as boggers. Variations are Bog Trotter[3] Bog Warrior[4]. Bogman[5] refers to a man of rough manners, from the country, and little concern for social niceties.

[edit] Beyond Ireland

• In Newfoundland, bogger is a daring feat children challenge each other to complete. [6]
• The traditional Australian bush ballad, "Bogger Dick" and the Road to Sandringham (1966) [7] toasts to cattle drovers. (See also Never Love a Cowboy, by Lorraine Heath.)
• Australia (also): Bogger, can refer to the ore conveying vehicle driver. [8],[9]
• Australia (also): Bogger or nipper-bogger, a man who catches so-called nippers or snapping prawns [10]
• Australia (slang): Bogger, restroom. [11]
• South Africa: "No good bogger." [12]
• In Northern England the term 'Bogger' is an insult to those of the Goth/Skate/Punk/Emo culture, As they call other people "chavs" if they are not within their same culture.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Random epithet, endearment, whatever

• (endearment) "Yer little bogger." Working-class Nottingham [13][14]
• (epithets) "You bloody bogger! Fucking shithouse! Don't you dare come down to my door again." "Bogger me, ..." [15]
• (camaraderie) "You're a funny bogger, though. I never could mek yo' out. Ye're just like one of the lads, but sometimes there's a posh bogger trying to scramble out." [16]
• (re epithet) "... cantankerous motorist bawling at them to bogger off ..." [17]
• (epithet) "Bogger this, I'm going om like this. I'm not ayin them on me." [18]
• (envious epithet) "The dirty bogger! He's got a fancy woman! Nine times a week!" [19]