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Do not confuse with boggart.
Stop bogarting the comments.
(tee hee! I always loved this word used as a verb.)
That's always such a handy excuse.
Well, it was the sixties...
But why would the way that Bogart allowed a cigarette to dangle morph into the meaning of "hogging" something?
(v): to hoard something or act selfishly. I.e. "Don't bogart that joint, friend." Originated in 60's drug culture as a way to describe someone who was "hogging" a joint - which is traditionally supposed to be passed around. Apparently arose from the way that Humphrey Bogart allows a cigarette to dangle from his lips.