Boganism

But unless you're TISM, does anyone say, "I'm a bogan baby."? Boganism is weird like that. Jessie Mo and I have discussed this once or twice in the past. You see, a surfer might say, "Dude, I'm a surfer, dude."* But bogans don't tend to identify themselves as bogans. Indeed, I have been in the presence of bogans taunting others with the bogan tag by, you know, yelling "Bogan!" at them. Usually these scenarios involve cars hooning around and lots of burnt rubber.

So does no one ever self-identify as a bogan because the bogan is always "the other"? There could be a PhD thesis in this. But not by me. Because (a) I'm not enrolled in a higher degree at a tertiary institution, and (b) I don't really think there is a PhD thesis in this.

But if I have any bogan readers out there who would care to contribute, please do!

(*Or they might not. Clearly I know nothing about surfer culture. Or dude usage.)