bogdown

English

Etymology

Deverbal from bog down.

Noun

bogdown (plural bogdowns)

1. (informal, rare) A situation in which something becomes stuck or bogged down.
   • 1966, Eugene Lyons, David Sarnoff: A Biography, New York, N.Y.: Pyramid Books, published 1967, page 299:

     In their natural jitters as the release of the "balloon" came closer and closer, correspondents and broadcasters had feared technical and administrative bogdowns. which were not exactly rare in military campaigns.

   • 2008, Mark Fogarty, Went to See the Gypsy: An Amazing Journey to the Heart of Rock and Roll, →ISBN, page 213:

     But listen to Jimi's brilliant, scorched-earth solo, recorded on the last day of 1969, after Woodstock, after the bogdown in Vietnam, after the riots of 1967, after the assassinations of 1968.