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bogart, v. slang.
Brit. |ˈbəʊgɑːt|, U.S. |ˈboʊˌgɑrt|
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ the name of Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), U.S. film actor.
In sense 1, with allusion to the series of strong, tough characters played by Bogart. In sense 2, with allusion to Bogart's frequent on-screen smoking, especially to the long drags he took on cigarettes. Compare:
1951Western Folklore 10 172 To pull a Bogart, to act tough. ]
1. trans. U.S. (esp. in African-American usage). To force, coerce; to bully, intimidate.
1966Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) 1 ii. 1 Bogart, to injure or hurt, or to protect at the cost of violence.—High school male, Negro, Mid-Atlantic Coast (Washington, D.C.).—Them 'bama chukkers better not bogart us no more. 1978Washington Post 4 May d1/1 Bullet Coach Dick Motta said the 76ers ‘were trying to come out and ‘bogart’ us. They were trying to be intimidating.’ 1993D. Coyle Hardball vi. i. 288 A lot of top dogs would have tried to bogart me back into the game. 1997Esquire Mar. 58/1, I don't want anybody bogarting me.
2. trans. orig. and chiefly U.S. To appropriate (a marijuana cigarette) greedily or selfishly. Hence more generally: to take or use most of; to steal. Also occas. intr.
Popularized by the 1969 U.S. film Easy Rider, the soundtrack of which featured the song cited in quot. 1968.
1968‘Fraternity of Man’ Don't bogart Me (transcription of song) in www.stlyrics.com (O.E.D. archive) Don't bogart that joint, my friend Pass it over to me. 1980A. Maupin More Tales of City (1989) ix. 34 The gorilla took a long hit and handed the joint to me... I accepted it graciously, without Bogarting, and passed it back to my friend. 1991S. Cisneros Woman Hollering Creek 145 While I ran out to reload the machines, someone had bogarted my table, the window booth next to the jukebox. 1996Guardian 25 Oct. 19/4 If someone starts bogarting the bowl and starts using the excuse that its [sic] okay for him to bogart it since it's his weed, this is definitely not cool. 2002J. Eugenides Middlesex iii. 371 ‘Don't bogart it,’ said Jerome. He got up to take the joint from her. |