Saturday, May 22, 2010

quicko: bog standard

Very dully normal. As in, "it was a bog* standard week."

Although I heard this precise phrase spoken by a very genuine Australian this morning, it was later called into dispute by another very genuine Australian who had never heard it.

And there you have it: a bog standard post.

*Bog has multiple meanings in Australian, but we remain unsure whether the intention in this phrase is closer to "swamp" or "toilet."

3 comments:

Hayley said...

Google it, it's for real

it just means super ordinary

KIM said...

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bog-standard.html

Good call, thanks!

Laetitia :-) said...

Closer to "swamp" than "toilet".