Jun 28, 2013 · Dictionary coverage of 'golliwog' Merriam-Webster's Eleventh Collegiate Dictionary (2003) shows no hesitancy in declaring the source of the word golliwog: golliwog also gollywog or …

May 11, 2011 · 11 Etymonline gives its derivation as: wog c.1920, "a lower-class babu shipping clerk" [Partridge]; later World War II British armed forces slang for "native of India" (especially as a servant …

Woggy is the adjective formed from wog, an offensive term for non-white people which is commonly believed to be derived from golliwog. In Australian slang, wog means "a foreigner or immigrant, …