buggery

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʌɡəɹi/ Hyphenation: bug‧gery === Etymology 1 === From bugger +‎ -y (nominal suffix). ==== Noun ==== buggery (countable and uncountable, plural buggeries) (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) Anal sex. (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) Any sexual act deemed against nature, such as homosexuality, bestiality or necrophilia. (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland, slang) A broken or damaged condition. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From bugger +‎ -y (suffix forming colloquialisms). ==== Adverb ==== buggery (not comparable) (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland, vulgar, colloquial) Used after an inverted subject pronoun and auxiliary verb or copula to emphatically negate the verb. Synonyms: heck, fuck ==== Interjection ==== buggery (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland, vulgar, slang) Synonym of bugger.