subject: Things Bogans Like Website Celebrates Australia's New-age Bogan [print this page] BOOST Juice, Christian Audigier and ed hardyclothes have replaced the flannelette shirt, black thongs and a cold can of VB as the ultimate bogan accessories.
Based on the popular American website and book Stuff White People Like, a new Aussie site, Things Bogans Like, charts the shift from the stereotypical bogan to the cashed-up Aussie who is more likely to be found wearing an ed hardy clothing T-shirt than a wife-beater.
The authors of the site, self-described snobs, have ignored ugh boots, mullet cuts and the Bathurst 1000 - the conventional bogan staples. Instead, the new-age bogan loves of "getting huge" (at the gym), Contiki tours and Boost Juice bars top the list, The Sunday Telegraph reports.
Also on the list are popular emerging habits such as "misspelling kids' names", and naming babies after high-end brands such as Mercedes, Armani and Christian Louboutin.
"The end result of all this creativity is that instead of five Adams in a class(room) attempting to distinguish themselves from each other, there are now Riley, Reilly, Rhylie, Rylee, Ryley and Rylie getting into stoushes over whose dad has the biggest flatscreen," it says.
The site claims there is also a marketing catch cry that draws a bogan like a moth to a light bulb -- "no deposit, no interest, no repayments for 18 months".
But some traditional bogan behaviour has remained on the list, such as refusing to read a book until the film has been released and the penchant for decorating the home with stolen bar mats and street signs.
The site also takes aim at families who decorate their homes with religious icons but don't follow the religion.
"What better way to announce one's entry into the knowledge economy than by purchasing a Buddhism-themed figurine, statue or water feature from the garden section of Kmart," it says.
And the emergence of the female bogan is singled out.
A tattoo on the small of a woman's back, also known as a "tramp stamp" or "slag tag", is listed as a known indicator.
Bogan is a term coined to refer to people who are, or are perceived to be, of a lower-class background.
The site has a Twitter profile and a Facebook page and uses a photo of notorious AFL player Brendan Fevola as its profile picture.
Six Melbourne men calling themselves Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Ben Chapleski, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe and Lance Romance claim responsibility for the site.
