At 12:11 PM -0800 16/2/07, Chris Lemens wrote:
>Alison, who doesn't know acronyms after all:
>
>> Well, since wog stands for 'wily oriental
>> gentleman'
>
>Actually, it probably comes from golliwog. The more common (false)
>acronym is westernized oriental gentleman. I've never actually seen
>anyone say the w stands for wily.
Its a good rule of thumb that a commonly known etymology
that involves an acronym is usually wrong.
(several example here, though not including either wog or posh)
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/acronyms.asp
Cheers
David