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Webster 1913 Edition


Bugger

Bug′ger

,
Noun.
[F.
bougre
, fr. LL.
Bulgarus
, a Bulgarian, and also a heretic; because the inhabitants of Bulgaria were infected with heresy. Those guilty of the crime of buggery were called
heretics
, because in the eyes of their adversaries there was nothing more heinous than heresy, and it was therefore thought that the origin of such a vice could only be owing to heretics.]
1.
One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.
2.
A wretch; – sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement.
[Low]

Webster 1828 Edition


Bugger

BUG'GER

,
Noun.
One guilty of the crime against nature. A vile wretch; a term of reproach.

Definition 2024


Bugger

Bugger

See also: bugger

Luxembourgish

Noun

Bugger m (plural Buggeren)

  1. bloke, fellow, chap

bugger

bugger

See also: Bugger

English

Noun

bugger (plural buggers)

  1. (obsolete) A heretic.
  2. (Britain law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
    The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers′ charter.
  3. (slang, pejorative, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.
    He's a silly bugger for losing his keys.
    The bugger′s given me the wrong change.
    My computer's being a bit of a bugger.
    • 1928, Frank Parker Day, Rockbound, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0500721h,
      “I′ll take it out on dat young bugger,” he thought viciously.
    • 1947, James Hilton, So Well Remembered, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0600371h,
      Here the cheers and shouts of the gallery were interrupted by a shabby little man in the back row who yelled out with piercing distinctness: “Don't matter what you call ′im now, George. The bugger′s dead.”
  4. (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A situation that causes dismay.
    So you're stuck out in the wop-wops and the next train back is Thursday next week. Well, that's a bit of a bugger.
  5. (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Someone viewed with affection; a chap.
    How are you, you old bugger?
  6. (slang, dated) A damn, anything at all.
    I don't give a bugger how important you think it is.
  7. (slang, Britain) Someone who is very fond of something
    I'm a bugger for Welsh cakes.
  8. (slang, USA - West) A rough synonym for whippersnapper.
    What is that little bugger up to now?
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Verb

bugger (third-person singular simple present buggers, present participle buggering, simple past and past participle buggered)

  1. (vulgar, Britain) To sodomize.
    To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore (Attributed to Harry Mclintock's 1920s era Big Rock Candy Mountain)
  2. (slang, vulgar in Britain) To break or ruin.
    This computer is buggered! Oh no! I've buggered it up.
  3. (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To be surprised.
    Bugger me sideways! Bugger me, here's my bus. Well, I'm buggered!. Buggered if I know the answer to that.
  4. (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To feel contempt for some person or thing.
    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.)
  5. (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To feel frustration with something, or to consider that something is futile.
    Bugger this for a lark. Bugger this for a game of soldiers.
  6. (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To be fatigued.
    I'm buggered from all that walking.
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Interjection

bugger

  1. (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.
    Bugger, I've missed the bus.
    Oh, bugger--
  2. (slang, US, euphemistic, rare) Cutesy expression of very mild annoyance.
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Etymology 2

bug + -er

Noun

bugger (plural buggers)

  1. One who sets a bug (surveillance device); one who bugs.
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