Buggery
adv, intj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Anal sex. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
"Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery […] shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be kept in penal servitude for life or for any term not less than ten years."
- 2 intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman wordnet
- 3 Any sexual act deemed against nature, such as homosexuality, bestiality or necrophilia. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
"Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable Crime of Buggery, committed either with Mankind or with any Animal, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Ten Years."
- 4 A broken or damaged condition. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable
"It's gone to buggery."
- 1 Used after an inverted subject pronoun and auxiliary verb or copula to emphatically negate the verb. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, not-comparable, vulgar
"Did he help? Did he buggery!"
- 1 Synonym of bugger. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar
Example
More examples"Buggery and sodomy are synonyms for anal intercourse."
Etymology
From bugger + -y (nominal suffix).
From bugger + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms).
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