Talk:BOGOF

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"By extension, any similar offer in which the recipient is offered twice that which would usually be provided." Like what? Equinox ◑ 15:08, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

One headline has "The town that's telling Tesco to BOGOF: Residents oppose supermarket giant's planning proposal"; I don't know what the means. There "In other words the Tesco couple were in fact willing a hung parliament, willing a sort of political BOGOF bargain where you got two sharing power for the price of one vote."[1]; I thought about adding it to the cites, but it's obvious metaphor, not really a new definition. (And I didn't verify it was durable, either.)--Prosfilaes 18:29, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

I imagine the former is simply a pun; the true meaning is that of bug off. (Is bug off used in England? If not, then the pun might also be a way to allude to bugger off without crossing a line, vulgarity-wise.) —Ruakh_TALK 18:35, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

It's (deprecated template usage) bog off in England. Equinox ◑ 18:43, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

yes, and pronounced in exactly the same way as BOGOF. Dbfirs 11:39, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Is this a UK word? Around here it is (deprecated template usage) BOGO and googlefight gives BOGO a huge margin. - [The]DaveRoss 23:43, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, common in the UK, where I've never heard of "BOGO"! Dbfirs 11:03, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

So, the tagged sense fails RFV...? - -sche (discuss) 08:49, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

I have removed the third sense, but kept the quotation in the entry to prominently display the possible metaphorical use / extension of meaning. - -sche (discuss) 06:09, 17 August 2011 (UTC)