bog roll

noun

Toilet paper.

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

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Meanings

nounbog roll (countable and uncountable, plural bog rolls)

plural bog rolls

  1. AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKcountableinformaluncountableToilet paper.

    "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."

    1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf
  2. AustraliaIrelandNew ZealandUKcountableinformaluncountableA roll of toilet paper.

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

    Synonyms: loo roll, toilet paper, bathroom tissue, toilet tissue

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA roll of toilet paper.

Similar
loo rolltoilet paperbathroom tissuetoilet tissue
Also see
loo rolltoilet paper

Origin

From bog + roll.

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APA

bog roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bog%20roll

MLA

“bog roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bog%20roll. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bog roll,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bog%20roll.

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