bog-standard
adjective
British, informal
: having no special or interesting qualities : average
a bog-standard speech
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The rest of the movie is mostly bog-standard heist stuff — scouting the location, assuming secret identities and disguises, and working out the little details that will enable them to run off with the purse at the end of a wild night of gambling.
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The team of material scientists tested their concoction by painting three houses in Singapore: one with bog-standard white paint, one with commercial radiative cooling paint, and one with the new formula.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 June 2025
Then, after finally committing, there would be an unspoken agreement with the decorator, who would gain creative control of the ceilings and woodwork—and paint them bog-standard white.
—Olivia Lidbury, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, many of the attacks used to acquire such initial access to connected devices involve bog-standard brute-force credential login attempts.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Now, however, Gino’s lawyer, Julie A. Sacks, described all this as merely a description of a bog-standard academic.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
The recipes come with five- to 10-minute prep times but aren't your bog-standard pasta sauces; individual salmon en croûte and satay chicken curries mean meal planning doesn't have to be all about mince.
—Ellie O'Mahoney, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Feb. 2024
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The team of material scientists tested their concoction by painting three houses in Singapore: one with bog-standard white paint, one with commercial radiative cooling paint, and one with the new formula.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 June 2025
Then, after finally committing, there would be an unspoken agreement with the decorator, who would gain creative control of the ceilings and woodwork—and paint them bog-standard white.
—Olivia Lidbury, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
Unfortunately, many of the attacks used to acquire such initial access to connected devices involve bog-standard brute-force credential login attempts.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Now, however, Gino’s lawyer, Julie A. Sacks, described all this as merely a description of a bog-standard academic.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
The recipes come with five- to 10-minute prep times but aren't your bog-standard pasta sauces; individual salmon en croûte and satay chicken curries mean meal planning doesn't have to be all about mince.
—Ellie O'Mahoney, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Feb. 2024
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“Bog-standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bog-standard. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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