| 释义 |
bodgie Austral. and N.Z.|ˈbɒdʒɪ|
[Perh. f. bodger a. + -ie.]
A teenage boy who conforms to certain fashions in dress, etc. (see quots. 1952); the Australasian counterpart of a teddy-boy. Hence ˈbodgieism, the state or condition of being a ‘bodgie’.
1952Sunday Chron. 6 Jan. 4/8 Bodgie, boy with crew-cut and zoot-suit, playing juke-box in milk-bar. 1952H. Boyle in Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang (1960) 49/1 A bodgie is a jitterbug-crazy boy ‘who wears his hair curled and long and a sport coat too big for him’. 1958A. E. Manning The Bodgie vii. 89/2 These ‘Bodgies’ and ‘Widgies’ are not bad however repellent their conduct may appear. 1958N.Z. Listener 3 Oct. 10/3 Every psychologist who has talked with bodgies will know that fear of an uncertain future is one of the factors in youthful misconduct. 1958N.Z. Herald 5 Nov. 14/7 Some of New Zealand's suggested cures for ‘bodgieism’ were not only ‘wide of the mark’ but surprisingly ‘vindictive’, says Dr. D. P. Ausubel. |
