noggy n.
(Aus.) an Asian, orig. a N. Korean or N. Vietnamese soldier, subseq. an Asian immigrant to Australia, generic for any foreigner (see cite 1986).
Aus. Women’s Wkly 13 Oct. 10/4: [T]here was such a helter-skelter of Noggies, Yips, Nips, Japs, or unprintables down to the compound that the boys were sure there was an air raid. | ||
‘They’re Movin’ On’ in 🎵 Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, / If the Noggies don’t get you the Aussies must, / We’re movin’ on, we’re movin’ on. | Songs of the Vietnam War (1986)||
With Australians in Korea 217: This old bloke says there are about a hundred noggies in the village. | ||
Bulletin (Sydney) 10 May 14/2: The Australian Press has barely given a glimpse of how our rank-and-file infantrymen really felt about Vietnam and its people [...] The word ‘noggy’ [...] that Australian Army slang word, with all its harshness and ugliness, gives a sense of how our bitter troops felt the waste of it all. | ||
Canberra Times 23 Sept. 3/3: I guess you blokes know why I am around ...looking for ‘noggies’ and ‘dapto dogs’ [AND]. | ||
Godson 321: [of the Irish] ‘There’s two dead noggies in the driveway’. | ||
(con. 1965–73) 🌐 There was a ‘type’ of person whom I frequently came across in both the Australian and American military. They were the rednecks, a bit short on IQ in my opinion. They hated ‘noggies, gooks and slopeheads’ with a passion which I still do not fully understand. | at anthro-l mailling list||
(con. 1965–73) 🌐 We had been there several days when overnight the Noggies bombarded the base with the ever-popular 120mm rockets, which they were firing across our camp and into the air base. | Aus. Involvement in Vietnam