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BOG
 n.— «That group which included Ressam became known in the halls of CSIS as B.O.G., an acronym for “Bunch of Guys”—a group of seemingly hapless petty criminals full of bravado and anti-Western views, but not much else.» —“Much at stake in terror case” by Michelle Shephard Toronto Star (Canada) June 10, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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