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Etymology edit

wog +‎ ball, since the game is played more by foreigners than by those born in Australia.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

wogball (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) soccer
    • 2010 June 15, Richard Aedy, “From wogball to a national game: soccer and multiculturalism”, in ABC Online[1]:
      In Australia soccer has gone from being dismissed as wogball as some called it to a widely supported national game

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References edit

  • Macquarie Slang Dictionary has an entry.