| Slur |
Represents |
Reasons/Origins |
| Porridge Wog | Scottish | Mainly used by the British - Scots love their porridge! |
| W.O.G. (5) | Hispanics | Those who worked on the suez canal project would wear a uniform which had Working On Government (project) on it. Typically used to describe people who arent white. |
| Wog (1) | Asians | Abbreviation of either "White-", "Westernised-" or "Worthy-Oriental Gentleman." Originally intended as a term denoting respect. In common use, however, it became a term of abuse/denigration. |
| Wog (2) | Greeks | Originated from the cheap labour sent to Australia to work on Government project in return for citizenship back around the 1940-1960's. Workers Of the Goverenment was printed on the back of their coveralls. Made popular by the movie "The Wog Boy" |
| Wog (3) | Indians | British Imperialists commonly referred to Indians as a "WOG" since they were commonly used as security, it stood for "Warden on Guard". |
| Wog (4) | Blacks | British, short for Golliwogg, a stuffed doll that mimicked Blacks. Recently was dropped (ref) as the logo used on jars of Robertson's jams and marmalades. |
| Woggle | Asians | Variation of Wog |