widgien.

Brit.

/ˈwɪdʒi/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdʒi/, Australian English

/ˈwɪdʒi/, New Zealand English

/ˈwɪdʒi/

Forms: 1900s– weegie, 1900s– widgie, 1900s– wedgie.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bodgie n.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of bodgie n.¹, either arbitrary or perhaps after women, plural of woman n.

Australian and New Zealand. Now historical.

A female member of a 1950s subculture characterized by unconventional or controversial behaviour and dress, and similar to that of teddy girls (Teddy girl n. at Teddy boy n. Derivatives) or rockers (rocker n.¹ 6d); a female equivalent of a bodgie (bodgie n.¹).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans > female

widgie1950

Teddy girl1955

bovver bird1970

1950 Sun (Austral.) 5 July 19 There'll be..prizes for the most colorfully dressed ‘bodgy’ and ‘weegie’.

1965 E. Brown Big Man xix. 168 A mob of bodgies and widgies on a camping holiday.

1977 Times 13 May 14/1 Gang delinquency, so called, has made its mark around the world...In Australia [there have been] the bodgies and widgies.

2009 M. Arrow Friday on our Minds iii. 53 Youth culture of the 1950s originated at least in part in the bodgie and widgie subculture, which was seen as different and colourful at best, and delinquent and depraved at worst.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	widgie
释义	widgien. Brit. /ˈwɪdʒi/, U.S. /ˈwɪdʒi/, Australian English /ˈwɪdʒi/, New Zealand English /ˈwɪdʒi/ Forms: 1900s– weegie, 1900s– widgie, 1900s– wedgie. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: bodgie n.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of bodgie n.¹, either arbitrary or perhaps after women, plural of woman n. Australian and New Zealand. Now historical. A female member of a 1950s subculture characterized by unconventional or controversial behaviour and dress, and similar to that of teddy girls (Teddy girl n. at Teddy boy n. Derivatives) or rockers (rocker n.¹ 6d); a female equivalent of a bodgie (bodgie n.¹). ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > [noun] > action or behaviour of gangs of hooligans > member of gang of hooligans > female widgie1950 Teddy girl1955 bovver bird1970 1950 Sun (Austral.) 5 July 19 There'll be..prizes for the most colorfully dressed ‘bodgy’ and ‘weegie’. 1965 E. Brown Big Man xix. 168 A mob of bodgies and widgies on a camping holiday. 1977 Times 13 May 14/1 Gang delinquency, so called, has made its mark around the world...In Australia [there have been] the bodgies and widgies. 2009 M. Arrow Friday on our Minds iii. 53 Youth culture of the 1950s originated at least in part in the bodgie and widgie subculture, which was seen as different and colourful at best, and delinquent and depraved at worst. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1950
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