bog roll

See also: bogroll

English

Noun

bog roll (countable and uncountable, plural bog rolls)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar) toilet paper.
   • 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf:

     "Aliens used up our bog roll?"
     "Just because they're aliens, it doesn't mean they don't have to visit the smallest room. Only, they probably do something weird and alienesque; like it comes out of the top of their heads, or something."

2. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) a roll of toilet paper.

   This week on The Amazing Prize Giveaway Show, the grand prize is 10,000 bog rolls!

Synonyms

• (UK) loo roll
• toilet paper
• bathroom tissue
• (US) toilet tissue

Translations

toilet paper

• Czech: toaleťák m, toaletní papír m
• Dutch: toiletpapier (nl) n
• French: papier-cul (fr) m, PQ (fr) m, (vulgar) torche-cul (fr)
• German: Klopapier (de) n
• Greek: κωλόχαρτο (el) n (kolócharto)