wogball
English edit
Etymology edit
wog + ball, since the game is played more by foreigners than by those born in Australia.
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Audio (AU) (file)
Noun edit
wogball (uncountable)
- (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.