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- noun Alternative form of
golliwog .
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Examples
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The word gollywog is a mix of two words that have been used to describe people of colour or Black African Caribean People.
That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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If she said Andy Murrays hair looks like the hair on the Robertsons gollywog, is she right.
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For better or worse, 'gollywog' has taken on new connotations.
Planned Changes to the Dictionary Dungeekin 2009
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A gollywog is a stuffed toy people used to hug before they went to bed. '**** ing Jews', as this man calls such people, are, in his view, something to be 'wiped off the face of the earth’.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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11:10 I was not expecting people to be defending the use of the word 'gollywog'.
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Great … … on February 4, 2009 at 1: 12 pm | Reply petoskystone here i was thinking that ‘gollywog’ was like ‘polliwog’. which lead to ‘frogs have no hair, so this makes no sense’. dang – i miss all the decent slurs! on February 4, 2009 at 1: 30 pm | Reply Stocking
That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Is the word ‘gollywog’ itself illegal? is it a criminal offence to use it?
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In just the same way that they all said gollywog this and gollywog that during that phoney farrago.
Outrage over Clarkson 'Idiot' Jibe Dungeekin 2009
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Swearing, calling for the death of Israeli soldiers; presumably the BBC are up in arms, just as they were when Carol Thatcher used the word gollywog.
Another Islamist at the Foreign Office? Not a sheep 2009
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If so, surely the language “gollywog,” is a bit out of order. on February 6, 2009 at 1: 40 pm | Reply Von Spreuth
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