Bog

n.

Heard in Sligo, Leitrim, Antrim, Tyrone, Dublin and Donegal

Rural areas around Sligo town, especially neighbouring counties such as Leitrim, Mayo and Roscommon, considered unsophisticated backwaters.

In use

Leitrim is susha bog

Posh English

County Leitrim is such a frightfully rustic backwater.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Like a bogSoaked in sweat to the point of resembling a peat bog.
  • E'erMeaning any or ever. Used in areas of Roscommon close to Leitrim and the Midlands. Pr…
  • Bog hopperA rustic person from a remote rural area.
  • Bog offAn instruction to depart immediately, often with rural overtones.
  • Bog trotterA person from the rural countryside, a rustic.
  • Bog-trotter, bog-warriorA derogatory term for a rural person.