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I noticed that, but Wog is something that is mainly Australian or British. In Britain it applies to South Asians mostly now I believe. In Australia it applied mostly to Southern Europeans, West Asians and even Eastern Europeans. However, I believe now in Australia it is probably transitioning to mean East and South Asians as the others assimilate into society.
Ofcourse not all people from these places follow the typical Woggish look. The people that tend to have to fit the best into the Wog stereotype are some Armenians and Lebanese.
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Words tend to evolve and change in their definition. Wog as used on anthroboards means 'dark European', sometimes also 'Middle Eastern'. You rarely see it recorded in the dictionary as such, but it happens.
It's like in Dutch today. Boertig originally meant 'jovial', but everyone uses it in the meaning of 'boorish'. It's just the sound of the word. Different generation, different use of vocabulary.
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I think it was because they were weak allies in WWII. Also, their perceived culture of liberal extravagance goes contrary to the values many Americans profess to hold, such as pragmatism and self-deprivation.
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