Spider (YES, as in the eight legged type, as in SPIDERMAN) with brother Tuscan.
Bogan mother spotted screaming out “Get back here Spider and Tuscan”, lady nearby asked if they were their actual names, the mother replied “yes, they are, idiot”. Nice… LOL
I think I would rather be called Tuscan over Spider any day. But ideally, neither.
emiliaj
I can see the appeal of Tuscan, but Spider… oh dear.
Hahah ‘Yes, they are, Idiot’ …said the lady who (supposedly) named her son spider.
I have a friend with a son named Tuscan…have not yet heard Spider!
I’m reading a book right now, “Anansi Boys”, and one of the main characters names is Spider.
But that’s just it, it’s fine in a book, in real life…poor boy.
I wonder what sibling names they might have in the future?
That is AWFUL!
LOL Awesome time for Mom to get an attitude about her kid’s weird name! You didn’t see that one coming, lady? I am getting such a laugh!
LOL @Emiliaj!
I lived in Australia for a year when I was 22 (15 years ago) and I haven’t heard the term ‘bogan’ since then! Conjured up all kinds of images of little Spider and Tuscan!
So is bogan like chav in the UK? Or pwt in the US?
Bogan… umm trying to be polite here.
Someone who probably doesn’t work by choice (but will llist off 100 reasons why they are hard done by in the work arena), dresses in old or inappropriate clothes (eg stained old rock concert top with ripped jeans and thongs- they are a woman… or maybe a super tight outfit that rids up over their tatooed muffin top with belly piercing), someone who probably doesn’t have a great command of grammar written or verbal, someone who is generally living in cheap housing and is allergic to cleaning said house, a hotted up OLD car with lots of noise, chrome and accessories (but no insurance), Bogan meal preparation: “Youse want pizza or Maccas?”. That is what springs to my mind.
So not a Chav (had to look that one up) LOL but ‘trash’ is what I believe is the US term?
Apparently this is how Bogan’s name their children:
[i][name]Ever[/name] met a [name]Hayleigh[/name]? A [name]Braydon[/name]? A [name]Jorja[/name]? A [name]Kayleb[/name]? Probably many, because these kids will be spelling out their names to all and sundry for the next 80 years.
[name]How[/name] about a [name]Jaxon[/name]? Or a [name]Jacksen[/name]? Or even a Jakxsen? A recent, and related, trend in bogan names is to simply replace a first name with a surname. Then misspell it. But it doesn’t end there – the aspirational bogan identifies the opportunity to finally get a [name]Mercedes[/name] under their roof. By calling their child [name]Mercedes[/name]. Or [name]Chanel[/name], or [name]Armani[/name]. The bogan believes that conferring such a name on their child will ensure future prosperity for both child and parent, and as a result feels no obligation to put effort into properly raising the child once it is born.
Of course, the end result of all this creativity is that instead of five [name]Adams[/name] in a class attempting to distinguish themselves from each other, there are now [name]Riley[/name], [name]Reilly[/name], [name]Rhylee[/name], Rhylie, [name]Rylee[/name], [name]Ryley[/name] and [name]Rylie[/name] getting into stoushes over whose Dad has the biggest flat screen/best surround sound system. [/i]
Maybe by this measure Spider is Psyidah and Tuscan is Tsusskin? ROFLMAO
Bogan seems to be the equivalent of a redneck in the Deep South. I’m getting the best laugh out of Spider and “yes, they are, idiot.”
Edited for privacy.