Bog

n.

Heard in Tyrone, Antrim, Dublin, Donegal and Sligo

The toilet or lavatory.

In use

Where's the bogs in this place?

Posh English

Where might the lavatories be situated within this establishment?

Same phrase, other counties

  • Bog rollToilet paper used for personal hygiene in the lavatory.
  • Like a bogSoaked in sweat to the point of resembling a peat bog.
  • 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.