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Bog Standard (2005)

Bog Standard (2005)

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·January 7, 2025
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InsideOutSanta

This link has one inconclusive bit of evidence that it might be derived from "box-standard": https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa-bog1.html

  In February 1983, [Sir Clive Sinclair] said in
  an interview with the magazine Computerworld:
  “Luckily, we cannot foresee the day when a
  computer becomes just a standard box. There
  will be box-standard machines along the road,
  but we do not simply have to make those”.

nhinck3

Google books pulls out plenty of uses in the 60s referring to unmodified cars and car parts.

urronglol

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philk10

I played in a 6-a-side footy(soccer) team in the late 90s, there was a Belgium team called Standard Liege so our team name was Bog Standard Liege so it was in common usage back then but have no idea where it came from...