ugg boot

English

Etymology

In Australia ugg boots and variants like ug, ugh or uggs are used generically. A trademark of UGH-BOOTS was registered in 1971 but was not enforced and generic users of the terms successfully applied for its removal in 2006 (Deckers Outdoor Corporation v B&B McDougal ATMO 5 (16 January 2006)). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “But where did the term come from in or before 1971?”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭg bo͞ot, IPA^(key): /ʌɡ buːt/

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Noun

ugg boot (plural ugg boots)

1. A boot made of sheepskin with the wool as the lining and the leather as the outside.

Synonyms

• uggs
• uggies

Translations

boot

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: UGG靴子 (yū-jī-jī xuēzi)

• Finnish: lammastossu
• Russian: у́гги (ru) (úggi)
• Spanish: botas ugg f