bo·gey. less common spelling of bogie entry 1. : a low strongly built cart. chiefly British : a swiveling railway truck. : the driving-wheel assembly consisting of the rear four wheels of a 6-wheel automotive truck.
The name is derived from the German railway engineer Wilhelm Jakobs (1858–1942). Versions of it are used on both freight and passenger vehicles.
Bogey is a slang word meaning cigarette. It comes from the name Bogart: Humphrey Bogart was an actor who was very frequently pictured smoking a cigarette.
Slang A detective or police officer.
1. Boogers are made of mucus. Boogers start out inside the nose as mucus, which is mostly water combined with protein, salt and a few chemicals. Mucus is produced by tissues not just in the nose, but in the mouth, sinuses, throat and gastrointestinal tract.
1. to have a bath or swim, usually in a stock dam in NT. 2. a bath or swim: I'm going to have a bogey. 3. a rock pool for swimming in.
Bits of fairly dry nasal mucus (you know what I mean) are colloquially called bogies (or bogeys) in BrE and boogers in AmE. The first vowel in the AmE version is generally pronounced like the oo in book.
BOGIE, BOGEY, n. Sc. usages in comb. and phrs.: (1) bogie-hole, a small dark lumber-room, a cubby-hole (Per., Ayr.
Bogey, according to Eric Partridge's slang dictionary, is Royal Air Force usage from early in World War II meaning ''an aircraft suspected to be hostile. '' American aviators picked it up from the R.A.F. veterans; in 1945, Newsweek used the term to mean ''in radar code, an unidentified enemy aircraft.
Etymology 1
Perhaps the Middle English and Welsh words come from a word related to buck and originally referred to a goat-shaped specter. Also possibly related to Irish bagairt (“threat”). Golf meaning from the devil as an imaginary player.
If a player needs one stroke more than par to finish a hole, he makes a “bogey.” So, if you finish a par 4 with only 3 strokes, you make a “birdie”, but if you take 5 strokes to complete a par 4, you make a “bogey”.
stinky stick (slang) stoge, stoag (US, slang) stogie, stoagie (US, slang) straight (slang) straighter (slang)
Based on the structure of the suspension gear, bogies are classified into two types: the swing hanger type, and the small lateral stiffness bolster spring bogie type (Fig. 4). To ensure good ride comfort on passenger cars, the bogie must absorb the rolling motion that passengers are most sensitive to.
The primary springs link the axlebox to the bogie frame; a secondary spring system connects this frame to the train. Typically, the types of springs found in bogies are steel leaf or coil designs, and you can also find rubber and air springs. They reduce forces and vibrations and help to prevent derailment.
Two types of Bogies used in Indian Railways (a) Integral Coach Factory Bogie and (b) Fabbrica Italiana de Automobile Torino (FIAT)/Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) bogie.
ASIO is part of the Australian Intelligence Community and is comparable to the American FBI and the British MI5. ASIO has a wide range of surveillance powers to collect human and signals intelligence.
Specialist Response Group | Australian Federal Police.
For the uninitiated, cludgie is a Scottish word meaning “toilet”, although probably not to be used in the politest of companies.
Gully is a dialect word of Scotland and Northern England meaning “large knife.” The OED's earliest citation of it is from the Montrose-educated Presbyterian Andrew Melville (1545-1622). who in 1582 called royal claims to spiritual authority a “bludie gullie” thrust into the Common- wealth.
Goff, gowf, golf, goif, goiff, gof, gowfe, gouff and golve have all been found in Scottish documents. The first documented reference is spelt 'golf', but most people believe the old word 'gowfe' was the most common term, pronounced 'gouf'.
As with many English words, some are common in American English and others are common in British English. However, words such as: bathroom, ladies room, men's room and restroom are common to both. On most airlines, the toilet is referred to as “the lavatory”.
Let's start with formal ways to say toilet….. Perhaps the most common way to say 'toilet' in the United States is to say 'bathroom'. A bathroom usually refers to a room with a bath in it, but when Americans refer to a bathroom they usually mean a room with only a toilet and washbasin.
Bogan: “A lower class inhabitant, usually of South-Eastern Australia. Generally 'dim-witted', Bogans are well know for having poor and vulgar language and typically found in rural areas or outer, lower class, suburbs.”