Bugger off

intj, verb, slang

intj, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To leave, go away, disappear. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar

    "We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off."

  2. 2
    leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    Go away. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, vulgar
  2. 2
    An expression of disagreement or disbelief. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, emphatic, idiomatic, vulgar

    "Bugger off! You're joking, aren't you?"

Synonyms

All synonyms
bullshitbuzz offbuzz offfuck offfuck offget

Example

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"Bugger off! You're joking, aren't you?"

Etymology

Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”.

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