> Is it just me or is WOG a really unfortunate abbreviation?
I think it was only really a racist epiphet in the UK? ANd not a terribly modern one? Amyway I se no harm in it at all, and would cheerfully wear a WOG t-shirt, because in context it is a name for a Gloranthan mailing list not anything unpleasant. See also --
WOG Watch Officer's Guide
WOG Water-Oil-Gas (valves, pressure)
WOG Way Out Games (old TV game show)
WOG Weight on Gear
WOGWesternised Oriental Gentleman
WOGWestinghouse Owners Group
WoGWhole of Government (Australia)
WOGWings Of Green (US Air Force Academy sky diving team)
WOGWisdom Oriented Guardian
WOGWith Other Goods
WOGWithout Giblets (poultry industry)
WOGWithout Girlfriend
WOGWithout Guarantee
WOGWoman of God
WOGWord of God
WOGWork Order Generator
WOGWork Out Gardener (prisoner status; Victoria, Australia prison system)
WOGWorking On Government (apocryphal: circa 1900s British Empire acronym
stenciled on shirts of laborers assigned to government projects)
WOGWorthy Oriental Gentleman
WoGWrath of God (game)
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