Bog Standard is not a motoring term. Its a generic term,. As is the term "cooking model"
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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As is the term "cooking model"
But where does it come from?
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>> As is the term "cooking model" But where does it come from?
I used to think: cooking = hot, therefore cooking model was a performance model of a car. Then I found out that cooking model meant standard model, and so I'm equally confused as you mss1tw!
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I used to think: cooking = hot, therefore cooking model was a performance model of a car. Then I found out that cooking model meant standard model, and so I'm equally confused as you mss1tw!
That was my logic as well!
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".. cooking model meant standard model ..."
IMHO this derives from the same stable as "cooking sherry" ie ordinary or standard as already suggested.
Mind you, some people believe that if sherry/wine isn't fit to drink, it isn't good enough for cooking purposes either! But does in turn mean that cooking models aren't fit to drive ....?
Jack
Jack
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".. cooking model meant standard model ..." IMHO this derives from the same stable as "cooking sherry" ie ordinary or standard as already suggested.
Spot on UJ. The 1.3 litre non-turbo GL is the cooking model. The 2.2 litre V6 turbo is the, er, good stuff in the sitting room decanter.
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Bog Standard is not a motoring term. Its a generic term,. As is the term "cooking model"
However, Balderdash and Piffle on BBC2 recently revealed that the earliest citation for "bog standard" currently known to the OED is from a 1968 issue of Hot Car.
Personally, I prefer "common-or-garden" to "cooking". "Cooking" implies a certain sub-standard quality, whereas common-or-garden merely indicates ordinariness.
While we're at it, why do so many people use the phrase "colour-coded bumpers", when they mean "body-coloured"?
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How about the term "bog standard" ?
Where's Armitage shanks?
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>>Where's Armitage shanks?>>
Bit bogged down at the moment 'cause he's busy...
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
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.... and feeling a bit flushed!?
Jack
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On the same lavatorial theme but still motoring term related , it took me some time to understand that a car described as having a bidet has a rear wash and wipe....
I always like to see a car described as having 'one careful owner' ( so do we assume that the other twenty were careless?)
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