bog

Definitions

• (Originally) An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
• (figuratively) Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
• (uncountable) The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
• (UK) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
• (AU) An act or instance of defecation.
• (US) A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.