hmmm who decided that bogs were standard
#bog standard#bogs#phrases#sayings#etymology#I’m being deliberately obtuse/silly but#if anyone knows the development of this phrase I’m down to hear it#i think this might be a mainly British English phrase that I picked up via the internet. dunno.#I think this because I’ve used it in irl conversation before and got confusion from my parents#but they also didn’t know what I meant by the word ‘detritus’#so perhaps I have simply acquired a slightly different vocab set than they have#my post