bog-standard

adjective

British, informal
: having no special or interesting qualities : average
a bog-standard speech

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The exotic bug buffet has been replaced by a few bog-standard coffee urns, and the crowd of tuxedos has started to thin. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 June 2026 The math for a bog-standard walk-and-talk through a hotel hallway between Nick and Future Nick is staggering. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026 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 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. — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025 Instead, the restaurant has been forced to translate Mallmann’s veneration of fire into a more conventional appreciation of bog-standard natural gas. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2025

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