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Bog vs Bom - What's the difference?

bog | bom |

As nouns the difference between bog and bom

is that bog is an expanse of marshland while bom is {{cx|obsolete|lang=en}} A large snake found in America.

As a verb bog

is to become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.

As an acronym BoM is

book of Mormon.

bog

English

(wikipedia bog)

Etymology 1

(etyl) and (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • An expanse of marshland.
  • (Ireland, British, New Zealand, coarse, slang) A toilet.
  • (US, dialect) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
    • Synonyms
    * (expanse of marshland) marsh, moor, swamp * shithouse (taboo slang''), dunny (''Australia )
    Derived terms
    * bog bilberry * bog brush * bog iron * bog orchid * bog paper * bog roll * bog standard

    Verb

  • (informal) To become (figuratively or literally) mired or stuck.
  • (transitive, British, informal) To make a mess of something.
    • Derived terms
    * bog down * bog up

    Etymology 2

    by shortening and euphemistic alteration from (bugger)

    Verb

  • To go away.
    • Derived terms
    * bog off

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    bom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large snake found in America.
  • * 1742 , Charles Owen, An Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents
    • The Bom -Snake'', is another ''Brazilian'' Reptile, call'd ''Bom from the Noise it makes in its Motion.
  • * 1819 , Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia
    • It is said to grow to a vast size, and to be perfectly harmless; but the latter assertion is improbable; it is not certainly of the poisonous race of serpents. This is called the bom , because it emits a remarkable noise resembling the sound of that word, when pronounced with a deep hollow voice.

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