Bog

n.

Heard in Antrim, Tyrone, Dublin, Donegal and Sligo

A colloquial term for a lavatory or bathroom.

In use

Where's your bog? I'm absolutely bustin' to go.

Posh English

Pray tell, where might I find your lavatory, as I am in a state of most urgent necessity.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Like a bogSoaked in sweat to the point of resembling a peat bog.
  • Bog rollToilet paper used for personal hygiene in the lavatory.
  • A bog manA derogatory term used by a town dweller for a country person.
  • Bog hopperA rustic person from a remote rural area.
  • Bog offAn instruction to depart immediately, often with rural overtones.
  • Bog the ginnetTo have sexual intercourse.