Words & TermsPlaces and regional language
bog lap
A repeated circuit of a street block or town-centre route in a car, especially for entertainment.
In a sentence
Locals still call it the bog lap.
Where it came from
Macquarie identifies bog lap as the Western Australian form in a national family of blockie/lappy driving slang, and Fremantle sources document living use.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Western Australia; regional distribution varies