bög
Swedish
Etymology
Uncertain. One proposed source is månsing bög (“dupe”) This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. . Another is French bougre (“scoundrel”), from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“heretic”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bög c
- (slightly colloquial) a homosexual male; gay, fag, queer, poof
- Jag är bög
- I'm gay (see vara for why there is no article and more examples)
- Det är ingen idé att du stöter på honom. Han är bög.
- There is no point in hitting on him. He's gay.
- Vi hamnade på en bögklubb
- We ended up at a gay club
- (slang) a (male) person with an obsession for something, märkesbög ("brand fag"), prylbög ("gadget fag")
- (slang) a prison informant, in the compound golbög; snitch, rat
Usage notes
The word bög (in the meaning "male homosexual") has gradually since approximately the 1970s evolved from being a highly offensive and derogatory term to a word used by gay males to describe themselves in a conscious effort to rid the word and the concept it describes of their taboo status. It can nowadays be used in most mediums (including newspapers and national media broadcasts) as a fairly neutral and innocuous colloquial term, though context still dictates whether usage is considered derogatory or acceptable.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bög | bögs |
| definite | bögen | bögens | |
| plural | indefinite | bögar | bögars |
| definite | bögarna | bögarnas |
Synonyms
Derogatory synonyms: