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    bog-standard
    /ˌbɒɡˈstandəd/

    adjective

    • 1. ordinary or basic: informal, derogatory British "a bog-standard PC"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBOG-STANDARD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    completely ordinary, without anything special added: My last car was just a bog-standard model. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Standard and routine. average. average Joe. conformance. conformity. conventionalized.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › bog-standardBog-standard Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Feb 26, 2024 · The meaning of BOG-STANDARD is having no special or interesting qualities : average. How to use bog-standard in a sentence.

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  5. www.phrases.org.uk › meanings › bog-standardBog Standard - Meaning & Origin Of The Phrase - Phrasefinder

    What's the meaning of the phrase 'Bog standard'? Things which are ‘bog standard’ are those which are basic and unrefined – run of the mill. What's the origin of the phrase 'Bog standard'? The expression bog standard is first recorded in the early 1960s, although there are numerous hearsay reports of its colloquial use in the UK before then.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBOG-STANDARD definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

    completely ordinary, without anything special added: My last car was just a bog-standard model. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Standard and routine. average. average Joe. conformance. conformity. conventionalized.

  7. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › bog-standardbog-standard - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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    Unknown, but probably derived from a corruption of box-standard under influence from bog (“toilet”), possibly via bog-wheel (“Cambridge slang for bicycle”), or from bog (“unsettled swampland”) in reference to a lack of sophistication or polish. Sometimes folk etymologized as separately deriving from bog (“toilet”) + standard after a supposed simila...

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    bog-standard 1. (informal, derogatory) Utterly basic, ordinary, or standard; unremarkable, unexceptional, etc. 1.1. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:common, Thesaurus:normal 1.1. 1962 April, Motor Sport, page 283: 1.1.1. Bog standardSprite, 1959, two owners. 1.2. 1972 May 15, Daily Mirror, page 21: 1.2.1. She was ‘bog standard’—meaning straight from the pro...

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    Michael Quinion (2004) “Bog-standard”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

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  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBOG-STANDARD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe something as bog-standard you mean that is an ordinary example of its kind, with no exciting or interesting features.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › bog-standardbog-standard - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

    Definition of bog-standard adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.