The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers
bogans
noun: a person of one kind (see more)
People of this kind live in Australia.
In many places in Australia there are not many people of this kind. In some places in Australia there are many people of this kind.
At many times if people can see someone of this kind, these people can know that this person is someone of this kind. They can know this because their hair is not like many other people’s hair, their clothes are not like many other people’s clothes. Their shoes are not like many other people’s shoes. Because of this, many people think people of this kind don’t look good.
Many people think like this about people of this kind: They can’t think very well. They can know a lot about some things. They can know a lot about Australia, they can know a lot about cars.
Many people of this kind do things like drink a lot of alcohol at many times. They often do many bad things because of this.
They often say many words not like other people say these words. They can say a lot of very bad things to other people. At the same time they can know that people don’t want to hear these things.
Many people of this kind can do bad things to other people. It can happen like this: They feel something bad towards someone else, because this other person did something. Because of this, they want to do bad things to this person's body.
People of this kind think like this: If someone wants me to do something, I won’t do it if I don't want to do it. If someone feels something bad because I do something, I don’t feel something bad because of this. If someone thinks something bad about me, I don’t think something bad because of it. I know that many people like me think the same.”
Note
While broadly negative, there is no clear part which says 'people think it is bad to be someone like this'. In part this is because most people can relate on some level to the bogan stereotype, which is why 'bogan' also has an affectionate usage, and can be self-referential."I don't like going to car festivals. They're usually just full of bogans who do nothing but drink beers, get into fights, and yell at women."
"With that flannelette shirt on, you look a bit bogan. Just don't go growing your hair out on me!"
"This is an unapologetic celebration of one of our most iconic national treasures: the true blue Aussie bogan. 'It's about embracing our culture. It's good to get the ocker Aussie spirit back. We've all got a bit of bogan in us,' says Andrew Sezonov, dressed in Australian flag boxers and a 'Keep Calm and Love a Bogan' singlet with a packet of Winfield reds taped to it."
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