(esp in the Maritime Provinces) a sluggish side stream
Also called: logan, pokelogan
Word origin
of Algonquian origin
bogan in British English2
(ˈbəʊɡən)
noun Australian informal
1.
an unfashionable, unpopular person
2.
an unsophisticated, uneducated person
Word origin
C20: of unknown origin
bogan in American English
(ˈbouɡən)
noun(in Northern Maine, Canadian maritime provinces, and Northern New Brunswick)
1.
a backwater, usually narrow and tranquil
2.
any narrow stretch of water
Word origin
[1895–1900; appar. shortening of pokelogan, perh. conflated with bog1; cf. logan]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, cutback, frame of reference, freewheel, neon