bogging
Scottish slang that covers the full spectrum of gross: something bogging can be putrid, filthy, revolting, or just deeply unpleasant.
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I would love it every office computer, and something bigger for the FEM simulations to still work. At least the old Fortran code of those is efficient. I know have an 8 core machine at work just to keep Win11 from bo…
And then the old Unix command “-spew” would generate faux tabloid headlines like “Romanian brain-bogging create incredible psychic lobster girl! Elvis may be involved!”
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Scottish slang that covers the full spectrum of gross: something bogging can be putrid, filthy, revolting, or just deeply unpleasant. It's used to describe bad smells, horrible food, unhygienic conditions, or anything that triggers a visceral disgust response. Versatile and emphatic, bogging punches harder than 'minging' and is a staple of Scottish everyday speech — especially effective when delivered with full disdain. Often used as a stand-alone exclamation when words otherwise fail.
She opened the bin bag and immediately gagged — it was absolutely bogging in there.
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(Scotland, coarse, slang) Stinking; disgusting.
“I would love it every office computer, and something bigger for the FEM simulations to still work. At least the old Fortran code of those is efficient. I know have an 8 core machine at work just to keep Win11 from bogging my machine down. That feels just wrong.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“And then the old Unix command “-spew” would generate faux tabloid headlines like “Romanian brain-bogging create incredible psychic lobster girl! Elvis may be involved!””
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Scotland, slang) Stinking; disgusting.
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(humorous, rare, slang) Exhibiting bogosity; bogus, bad, incorrect.