Daddy, why were you and Mummy making so much noise last night?
Ah don’t you worry Son, Daddy was just having a go on the sprog flume
is a popular Italian dish consisting of meat sauce served on a bed of spaghetti, often with a good sprinkling of grated Parmigiano cheese. Although Sprog Bog is very popular outside of Italy, it never existed in Bologna.
Child: What is for dinner?
Mother: Sprog Bog
(n) Maternity or paternity leave, watching the sprog (child).
Oliver: "I'd have to run it by Ian first."
Tracy: "Ian? Why? He'll be off on off sprog watch."
Dialogue from "The Archers" episode on BBC4 radio on 10 September 2019.