bog-standard

adjective

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

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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 This episode, the first of 2025, instead mostly just comes across as bog-standard SNL — typified by one sketch Chappelle couldn’t even be bothered to appear in. Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025

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“Bog-standard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bog-standard. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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