bugger

See also: Bugger

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Proto-Turkic *bulga-der.
Proto-Turkic *bulgar
Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (b¹ul¹ǧa)
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Slavic *-inъ
Old Church Slavonic -инъ (-inŭ)
Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ)der.
Medieval Latin Bulgarusder.
Old French bogrebor.
Middle English bougre
English bugger
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    From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#BUGGERCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#BUGGER bougre (“heretic”), from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#BUGGER bougre, from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#BUGGER Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), from Old Church SlavonicCategory:English terms derived from Old Church Slavonic#BUGGER 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 BulgarCategory:English doublets#BUGGER.

    Noun

    bugger (plural buggers)Category:English lemmas#BUGGERCategory:English nouns#BUGGERCategory:English countable nouns#BUGGERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUGGERCategory:Pages with entries#BUGGERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BUGGER

    1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BUGGER) A heretic.
    2. (UKCategory:British English#BUGGER lawCategory:en:Law#BUGGER) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
      The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers’ charter.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUGGER
    3. (slangCategory:English slang#BUGGER, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#BUGGER, CommonwealthCategory:Commonwealth English#BUGGER, HawaiiCategory:Hawaiian English#BUGGER) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.
      He's a silly bugger for losing his keys.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUGGER
      The bugger’s given me the wrong change.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUGGER
      My computer's being a bit of a bugger.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUGGER
    4. (slangCategory:English slang#BUGGER, CommonwealthCategory:Commonwealth English#BUGGER, HawaiiCategory:Hawaiian English#BUGGER) A situation that is aggravating or causes dismay; a pain.
      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.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUGGER
    5. (slangCategory:English slang#BUGGER, CommonwealthCategory:Commonwealth English#BUGGER, HawaiiCategory:Hawaiian English#BUGGER) Someone viewed with affection; a chap.
    6. (slangCategory:English slang#BUGGER, datedCategory:English dated terms#BUGGER) A damn, anything at all.
      I don't give a bugger how important you think it is.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUGGER
    7. (slangCategory:English slang#BUGGER, CommonwealthCategory:Commonwealth English#BUGGER) Someone who is very fond of something
    8. (slangCategory:English slang#BUGGER, UKCategory:British English#BUGGER, USCategory:American English#BUGGER) A whippersnapper, a tyke.
      What is that little bugger up to now?Category:English terms with usage examples#BUGGER
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    Verb

    bugger (third-person singular simple present buggers, present participle buggering, simple past and past participle buggered)Category:English lemmas#BUGGERCategory:English verbs#BUGGERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUGGERCategory:Pages with entries#BUGGERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BUGGER (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BUGGER, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#BUGGER, CommonwealthCategory:Commonwealth English#BUGGER)

    1. To have anal sex with, sodomize.
      To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore (Attributed to Harry Mclintock's 1920s era Big Rock Candy Mountain)
    2. (slangCategory:English slang#BUGGER) To break or ruin.
      This computer is buggered! Oh no! I've buggered it up.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUGGER
    3. (slangCategory:English slang#BUGGER) Expressing contemptuous dismissal of the grammatical object.
      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.)
      Oh, bugger this! I'm going out for a beer instead.Category:English terms with usage examples#BUGGER
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    Interjection

    buggerCategory:English lemmas#BUGGERCategory:English interjections#BUGGERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUGGERCategory:Pages with entries#BUGGERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BUGGER

    1. (slangCategory:English slang#BUGGER, BritishCategory:British English#BUGGER, IrelandCategory:Irish English#BUGGER, CommonwealthCategory:Commonwealth English#BUGGER, vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#BUGGER) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.
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    Etymology 2

    From bug (noun) +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#BUGGER.

    Noun

    bugger (plural buggers)Category:English lemmas#BUGGERCategory:English nouns#BUGGERCategory:English countable nouns#BUGGERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUGGERCategory:Pages with entries#BUGGERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BUGGER

    1. One who sets a bug (surveillance device); one who bugs.
    Category:English swear words#BUGGER Category:en:People#BUGGERCategory:en:Sex#BUGGER

    French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From bug +‎ -erCategory:French terms suffixed with -er (verbal)#BUGGER.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    buggerCategory:French lemmas#BUGGERCategory:French verbs#BUGGERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BUGGERCategory:Pages with entries#BUGGERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#BUGGER

    1. (computingCategory:fr:Computing#BUGGER, also figurative) to malfunction, to glitch
      • 2021 April 15, Benjamin Bourgois, quotee, “Benjamin Bourgois: "On a été autorisés à s'embrasser"”, in La Provence, →ISSN, page 32:
        Quand je l'ai vue arriver, cela s'est passé comme dans la série, j'ai buggé. Elle était déjà trés jolie.
        When I saw her arrive, it happened like in the series: I glitched. She was already very pretty.
        Category:French terms with quotations#BUGGER

    Conjugation

    See also

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