# My first Post and a Pit all in one

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-and-a-pit-all-in-one/734886>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 17, 2015, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-and-a-pit-all-in-one/734886 "2015-10-17T09:54:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-and-a-pit-all-in-one/734886/21 "2015-10-17T18:55:58Z")

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> [@carrps](#):
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> I’ve heard of and seen golliwog dolls. Even if the dolls are inoffensive, I’ve heard the term ‘golliwog’ used as a racial epithet. And, of course, it was shortened to ‘wogs’ – which is definitely an insult – and is still heard sometimes even now.

I’ve never heard that origin of “wog”.

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**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-and-a-pit-all-in-one/734886/22 "2015-10-17T23:33:31Z")

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> [@j666](#):
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> I’ve never heard that origin of “wog”.

Whereas I always assumed that was the origin.

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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-and-a-pit-all-in-one/734886/23 "2015-10-18T15:10:44Z")

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[“The origin of the term is unclear…”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog#Origin)

…not that Wikipedia is a font of useful etymological knowledge, but yanno.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-post-and-a-pit-all-in-one/734886/24 "2015-10-19T09:34:55Z")

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Wait. You’re pitting a Golliwog doll?

I thought this was going to be about lawn darts or something.

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