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bugger

/ˈbʌɡə/

noun

Meaning

  • A heretic.

  • Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.

    "The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers′ charter."

  • A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.

    "He's a silly bugger for losing his keys."

  • A situation that causes dismay.

    "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."

  • Someone viewed with affection; a chap.

    "How are you, you old bugger?"

  • A damn, anything at all.

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

  • Someone who is very fond of something

    "I'm a bugger for Welsh cakes."

  • A whippersnapper, a tyke.

    "What is that little bugger up to now?"

verb

Meaning

  • To have anal sex with, sodomize.

  • To break or ruin.

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

  • To be surprised.

    "Bugger me sideways!"

  • 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.)"

  • To feel frustration with something, or to consider that something is futile.

    "Bugger this for a game of soldiers."

  • To be fatigued.

    "I'm buggered from all that walking."

interjection

Meaning

  • An expression of annoyance or displeasure.

    "Bugger, I've missed the bus."

Synonyms

bummer,
damn,
whoops