bugger

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbʌɡə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʌɡəɹ/ Rhymes: -ʌɡə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== bugger (plural buggers) (obsolete) A heretic. (UK law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite. (slang, derogatory, Commonwealth, Hawaii) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person. 1928, Frank Parker Day, Rockbound, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0500721h, “I’ll take it out on dat young bugger,” he thought viciously. (slang, Commonwealth, Hawaii) A situation that is aggravating or causes dismay; a pain. (slang, Commonwealth, Hawaii) Someone viewed with affection; a chap. 1946, Olaf Stapledon, Arms Out of Hand, in Collected Stories, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0601341, Good luck, you old bugger! 1953 February-March, Henry Beam Piper, John Joseph McGuire, Null-ABC, in Astounding Science Fiction, Gutenberg eBook #18346, “And if Pelton found out that his kids are Literates—Woooo!” Cardon grimaced. “Or what we've been doing to him. I hope I’m not around when that happens. I’m beginning to like the cantankerous old bugger.” (slang, dated) A damn, anything at all. (slang, Commonwealth) Someone who is very fond of something (slang, UK, US) A whippersnapper, a tyke. ===== Synonyms ===== (sodomite): See Thesaurus:male homosexual and Thesaurus:fudge packer ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bugger (third-person singular simple present buggers, present participle buggering, simple past and past participle buggered) (transitive, vulgar, Commonwealth) 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) (slang) To break or ruin. (slang) 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.) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Interjection ==== bugger (slang, British, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or displeasure. ===== Synonyms ===== bummer damn rats whoops See also Thesaurus:dammit ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== The Origins and Common Usage of British swear-words === Etymology 2 === From bug (noun) +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== bugger (plural buggers) One who sets a bug (surveillance device); one who bugs. ===== Related terms ===== buggee == French == === Alternative forms === beuguer, buguer, boguer === Etymology === From bug +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bœ.ɡe/ === Verb === bugger (computing, also figurative) to malfunction, to glitch ==== Conjugation ==== This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written bugge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.