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- adjective UK, somewhat derogatory
ordinary ,basic
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Examples
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At what he calls a "bog-standard" comprehensive in Devon, where "pretty much the only thing I learned was how to roll a joint", he got a C in O-level English lit, a grade one CSE in drama, and nothing else.
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You will perhaps know that moment in a fancy restaurant when you open the wine list and feel the pinpricks of a cold sweat: they're charging how much for that bog-standard claret?
Wine: You can count on barbera Anthony Quinn 2010
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The transformation of monopolies such as water and airports into bog-standard equity-owned companies was a mistake.
Ownership: Heathrow's prisoners should sue the daylights out of BAA | the big issue 2011
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In this respect, Mr. Cameron trotted out the usual bog-standard measures: export promotion; infrastructure upgrades; investment in education and science; whizzy new government initiatives to increase the supply of venture capital.
Ask Germany where growth comes from Simon Nixon 2010
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My very first Vista machine had major wireless networking issues, and just in the last week I had to go through a convoluted correspondence with Microsoft to get my newest Vista box to successfully communicate with a bog-standard wireless router.
Windows 7 Reality Check: It Can Still Suck Big Time | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Hohner have the history and the brand name, but their bog-standard Pro Harp models are uninspiring.
On Harmonicas « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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Everything on that list is bog-standard moderate Democratic Party politics.
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With education we do not even have that option, which makes it worse than a bog-standard monopoly.
Technological Determinishm, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Later, a bog-standard gag about text-message jargon transposed to real life is made hilarious by the tantalising delicacy with which Merchant's doctor delivers bad news.
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It was completed last year to replace a bog-standard 70s construction.
Sustainable schools: you can learn a lot in a retirement home for poultry Chris Arnot 2010
bilby commented on the word bog-standard
British slang - average, normal.
September 12, 2008