bog-standardadj.

Brit.

/ˌbɒɡˈstandəd/, U.S.

/ˌbɔɡˈstændərd/,

/ˌbɑɡˈstændərd/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English boxed standard.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration or misapprehension of boxed standard (see note; < boxed adj. + standard adj.), after bog n.⁴ Compare earlier (probably unrelated) box standard n., and later box-standard adj.The (non-fixed) collocation boxed standard is attested in use in advertising and commercial contexts chiefly for engineering products, e.g.:1931 Daily Mail 1 July (5th ed.) 1/7 (advt.) High Class Soap... Unboxed—Slightly damaged in manufacture—but guaranteed same high standard of quality as ‘boxed standard lines’.1932 Domest. Engin. 23 Jan. 99/2 (advt.) Insist upon Hammond boxed Standard Brass Gate Valves and Compression Stop and Waste Valves from your jobber.1949 Motor 27 July 52/2 (advt.) Also boxed standard Champion 18 and 14 mm. sparking plugs. Devon Marine, Kingswear.1974 Austin (Minnesota) Daily Herald 5 Nov. 24/1 (advt.) Regular $5.99 4-pc. Boxed Standard or Phillips Screwdrivers. It is sometimes suggested that bog-standard originated as a mishearing or misunderstanding of box-standard adj., but the chronology does not support this, and in fact the latter may be a later rationalization of the former. Other less likely alternative suggestions include derivation < bog n.⁴ + standard n. in alleged BBC slang of the 1950s and 1960s for the rival commercial company ATV (Associated Television), punning on the name of its director, Lew Grade (as if loo n.⁴ and grade n.), or (on the assumption that the original application was to motorcycles) < bog-wheel , former Cambridge University slang for a bicycle, in which the first element is also apparently bog n.⁴ (see P. Beale Conc. Dict. Slang (1989) 47/2, 48/1), or < an (otherwise unattested) acronym BoG from the initial letters of British or German, with allusion to the former dominance of British and German engineering.

colloquial (chiefly British).

Ordinary, basic, standard; without extra features or modification; (hence depreciative) unexceptional or uninspired. Cf. box-standard adj.Apparently originally motoring and engineering slang.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > ordinary or of usual occurrence

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bog-standard1962

1962 Motor Sport Apr. 283/1 (advt.) Bog standard Sprite, 1959, two owners.

1968 Hot Car Oct. 35/1 The brakes are bog-standard—anyway Barry says he only uses them in the paddock!

1978 Personal Computer World 1 No. 2. 30/1 They built the interface themselves, and they bought the drive and the controller bog-standard from its supplier, for £3,000 or £4,000.

1995 Empire May 131/3 A bog-standard biography with a cheap Psycho sales gimmick, you can't help thinking Perkins deserved better.

2001 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 15 July The worst thing about my Clio is that it is the bog standard version, without power steering.

2020 York Press (Nexis) 25 May It's a pretty bog standard sponge cake recipe, so nothing exciting to report there.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bog-standard
释义	bog-standardadj. Brit. /ˌbɒɡˈstandəd/, U.S. /ˌbɔɡˈstændərd/, /ˌbɑɡˈstændərd/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English boxed standard. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration or misapprehension of boxed standard (see note; < boxed adj. + standard adj.), after bog n.⁴ Compare earlier (probably unrelated) box standard n., and later box-standard adj.The (non-fixed) collocation boxed standard is attested in use in advertising and commercial contexts chiefly for engineering products, e.g.:1931 Daily Mail 1 July (5th ed.) 1/7 (advt.) High Class Soap... Unboxed—Slightly damaged in manufacture—but guaranteed same high standard of quality as ‘boxed standard lines’.1932 Domest. Engin. 23 Jan. 99/2 (advt.) Insist upon Hammond boxed Standard Brass Gate Valves and Compression Stop and Waste Valves from your jobber.1949 Motor 27 July 52/2 (advt.) Also boxed standard Champion 18 and 14 mm. sparking plugs. Devon Marine, Kingswear.1974 Austin (Minnesota) Daily Herald 5 Nov. 24/1 (advt.) Regular $5.99 4-pc. Boxed Standard or Phillips Screwdrivers. It is sometimes suggested that bog-standard originated as a mishearing or misunderstanding of box-standard adj., but the chronology does not support this, and in fact the latter may be a later rationalization of the former. Other less likely alternative suggestions include derivation < bog n.⁴ + standard n. in alleged BBC slang of the 1950s and 1960s for the rival commercial company ATV (Associated Television), punning on the name of its director, Lew Grade (as if loo n.⁴ and grade n.), or (on the assumption that the original application was to motorcycles) < bog-wheel , former Cambridge University slang for a bicycle, in which the first element is also apparently bog n.⁴ (see P. Beale Conc. Dict. Slang (1989) 47/2, 48/1), or < an (otherwise unattested) acronym BoG from the initial letters of British or German, with allusion to the former dominance of British and German engineering. colloquial (chiefly British). Ordinary, basic, standard; without extra features or modification; (hence depreciative) unexceptional or uninspired. Cf. box-standard adj.Apparently originally motoring and engineering slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or ordinary > ordinary or of usual occurrence naturala1425 usual?1577 ordinary1594 vulgar1607 bog-standard1962 1962 Motor Sport Apr. 283/1 (advt.) Bog standard Sprite, 1959, two owners. 1968 Hot Car Oct. 35/1 The brakes are bog-standard—anyway Barry says he only uses them in the paddock! 1978 Personal Computer World 1 No. 2. 30/1 They built the interface themselves, and they bought the drive and the controller bog-standard from its supplier, for £3,000 or £4,000. 1995 Empire May 131/3 A bog-standard biography with a cheap Psycho sales gimmick, you can't help thinking Perkins deserved better. 2001 Sunday Mail (Glasgow) (Electronic ed.) 15 July The worst thing about my Clio is that it is the bog standard version, without power steering. 2020 York Press (Nexis) 25 May It's a pretty bog standard sponge cake recipe, so nothing exciting to report there. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1962
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