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bugger

noun
/ˈbʌɡə/UK/ˈbʌɡəɹ/US

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 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.

  1. derived from блъгаринъ — “Bulgarian”
  2. derived from Bulgarus — “Bulgar”
  3. derived from bougre
  4. inherited from bougre

Definitions

  1. A heretic.

  2. Someone who commits buggery

    Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.

    • The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers’ charter.

  3. A foolish or worthless person or thing

    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.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. A situation that is aggravating or causes dismay

      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.

    2. Someone viewed with affection

      Someone viewed with affection; a chap.

      • How are you, you old bugger?
      • 1946, Olaf Stapledon, Arms Out of Hand, in Collected Stories, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0601341, Good luck, you old bugger!

    3. A damn, anything at all.

      • I don't give a bugger how important you think it is.

    4. Someone who is very fond of something

      • I'm a bugger for Welsh cakes.

    5. A whippersnapper, a tyke.

      • What is that little bugger up to now?

    6. 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)

    7. To break or ruin.

      • This computer is buggered! Oh no! I've buggered it up.

    8. 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.

    9. An expression of annoyance or displeasure.

      • Bugger, I've missed the bus.
      • Dear Lord, forgive me for what I am about to, ah, say in this magnificent place of worship. Bugger. Bugger! Bugger-bugger-bugger-bugger!

    10. One who sets a bug (surveillance device)

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bugger. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA