Andy Wade wrote:

Moving along at a tangent, the OED is interesting on the origins of
"bog-standard" which it dates to 1968:

"Ordinary, basic, standard; without extra features or modification;
unexceptional or uninspired. Cf. BOX-STANDARD adj.

"[Origin uncertain; perh. an alteration of BOX-STANDARD adj. (although
this is first attested later), after BOG n.4

cf. Ideal-Standard that well known bog maker.




Anyway, I digress...


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djc