Bugger Definition

bŭgər, bo͝og-
buggered, buggering, buggers
noun
buggers
A sodomite.
Webster's New World
A contemptible person.
Webster's New World
A fellow; chap; also, a rascal or scamp.
Webster's New World
One who installs electronic bugs.
American Heritage

(UK law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.

The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers′ charter. (see Are judges politically correct?)
Wiktionary
verb
buggered, buggering, buggers
To commit sodomy with.
Webster's New World
To practice sodomy with.
American Heritage
To damn.
American Heritage

(vulgar, UK) To sodomize.

To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore (Attributed to Harry Mclintock's 1920s era Big Rock Candy Mountain)
Wiktionary

(slang, vulgar in UK) To break or ruin.

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

(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.

Bugger, I've missed the bus.
Oh, bugger--
Wiktionary

(slang, US, euphemistic, rare) Cutesy expression of very mild annoyance.

Wiktionary
idiom
bugger off
  • to leave; depart
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bugger

Noun

Singular:
bugger
Plural:
buggers

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bugger

Origin of Bugger

  • From French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose in the 10th century in the First Bulgarian Empire) to whom various unnatural practices were ascribed.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bougre heretic from Old French boulgre from Medieval Latin Bulgarus Bulgar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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