Comments on: Etymology of “the dog’s bollocks” http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2006/05/23/etymology-of-the-dogs-bollocks/ anythingarian bubbles and troubles from the land of the fretting nun Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: NRT http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2006/05/23/etymology-of-the-dogs-bollocks/#comment-73317 NRT Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:21:14 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2006/05/23/etymology-of-the-dogs-bollocks/#comment-73317 Nah; that sounds bogus to me. I'd have thought it'd have been 'standard box' and 'deluxe box', with corresponding slang terms. 'World Wide Words' (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bog1.htm) say's there's no recorded evidence for that source of 'bog standard'. So, it's a theory, and may be correct, but let's not give it the status of unquestionable fact! ;) Nah; that sounds bogus to me. I’d have thought it’d have been ’standard box’ and ‘deluxe box’, with corresponding slang terms. ‘World Wide Words’ (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bog1.htm) say’s there’s no recorded evidence for that source of ‘bog standard’.

So, it’s a theory, and may be correct, but let’s not give it the status of unquestionable fact! ;)

]]> By: english http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2006/05/23/etymology-of-the-dogs-bollocks/#comment-67109 english Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:52:50 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2006/05/23/etymology-of-the-dogs-bollocks/#comment-67109 actually, it comes from the 1970s when kids would get toys such as train or mechano sets which would generally come in two versions: box standard and box deluxe, which is (apparantly) where we get the phrases a. bog standard, and b. dog's bollocks, work it out. actually, it comes from the 1970s when kids would get toys such as train or mechano sets which would generally come in two versions: box standard and box deluxe, which is (apparantly) where we get the phrases a. bog standard, and b. dog’s bollocks, work it out.

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