The Australian term bogan is a term often used for an individual who is recognized to be from an unsophisticated background. Bogans usually have limited education, many bogans have not even read a single book in their whole life, and they are proud of it. Many bogans have the name Bruce. Bogans may be identified by their speech, clothing, attitude and behavior. Each of these exemplifies a lack of manners and education. Bogan words are different than normal English words found isn a dictionary. They include words like Chiko Roll, Ugg Boots and Acca Dacca. They are all real bogan words that you need to learn to understand a bogan. Many well known people are widely recognized as bogans including Crocodile Dundee actor Hogan, Mel Gibson, famous Australian cricket player Shane Warne, last Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting and the current captain, Michael Clark. Bogans are not just men, they can be women. In fact the richest woman in the world, Gin Reinhard, is well known as a bogan.
Some people believe that it is just plain wrong to categorize a bogan as a straightforward, simple creature. There is nothing simple about naming a child “Mhadeziyn”, attempting to perch atop a revolving system of four different interest-free finance facilities, and clutching seventeen different mutually exclusive theories about foreigners, allergies, and corporate fat cats
