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Bugger
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- 1 An expression of annoyance or displeasure. British, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, transitive, vulgar
"Bugger, I've missed the bus."
- 1 A heretic. obsolete
- 2 One who sets a bug (surveillance device); one who bugs. Commonwealth, transitive, vulgar
- 3 someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) wordnet
- 4 Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite. UK
"The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers’ charter."
- 5 A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person. Commonwealth, Hawaii, derogatory, slang
"He's a silly bugger for losing his keys."
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- 6 A situation that is aggravating or causes dismay; a pain. Commonwealth, Hawaii, slang
"So you're stuck out in the woop-woop and the next train back is Thursday next week. Well, that's a bit of a bugger."
- 7 Someone viewed with affection; a chap. Commonwealth, Hawaii, slang
"How are you, you old bugger?"
- 8 A damn, anything at all. dated, slang
"I don't give a bugger how important you think it is."
- 9 Someone who is very fond of something Commonwealth, slang
"I'm a bugger for Welsh cakes."
- 10 A whippersnapper, a tyke. UK, US, slang
"What is that little bugger up to now?"
- 1 To have anal sex with, sodomize. Commonwealth, transitive, vulgar
"To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore (Attributed to Harry Mclintock's 1920s era Big Rock Candy Mountain)"
- 2 practice anal sex upon wordnet
- 3 To break or ruin. Commonwealth, slang, transitive, vulgar
"This computer is buggered! Oh no! I've buggered it up."
- 4 Expressing contemptuous dismissal of the grammatical object. Commonwealth, slang, transitive, vulgar
"Bugger Bognor. (Alleged to be the last words of King George V of the United Kingdom in response to a suggestion that he might recover from his illness and visit Bognor Regis.)"
Etymology
From Middle English bougre (“heretic”), from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose around the 10th century AD in the First Bulgarian Empire), to whom various sexual practices such as anal sex were ascribed. Doublet of Bulgar.
From Middle English bougre (“heretic”), from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose around the 10th century AD in the First Bulgarian Empire), to whom various sexual practices such as anal sex were ascribed. Doublet of Bulgar.
From Middle English bougre (“heretic”), from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose around the 10th century AD in the First Bulgarian Empire), to whom various sexual practices such as anal sex were ascribed. Doublet of Bulgar.
From bug (noun) + -er.
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