bugger

bugger
bug|ger1 [ `bʌgər ] noun count BRITISH
IMPOLITE an insulting word for someone who is stupid or annoying
a. INFORMAL used for expressing sympathy about someone you like or feel sorry for:
The poor little bugger's broken his leg.
be a bugger BRITISH IMPOLITE
to be difficult or annoying
bugger all BRITISH IMPOLITE
nothing at all:
I'm leaving and there's bugger all they can do about it.
bugger
bug|ger 2 [ `bʌgər ] verb transitive BRITISH IMPOLITE
1. ) used for saying that you do not care about someone or something:
Bugger the lot of them!
2. ) to have ANAL sex with someone
3. ) to break something:
Don't tell me she's buggered the TV again!
bugger me/well I'll be buggered BRITISH IMPOLITE
used when you are very surprised about something
,bugger a`bout or ,bugger a`round phrasal verb BRITISH IMPOLITE
1. ) intransitive to waste time behaving in a silly way
2. ) transitive bugger someone about/around to cause problems for someone
,bugger `off phrasal verb intransitive BRITISH IMPOLITE
1. ) usually in imperative used for telling someone rudely to go away
2. ) to leave or go away:
He always buggers off when it's time to pay.
,bugger `up phrasal verb transitive BRITISH IMPOLITE
to spoil something or do something badly
bugger
bug|ger 3 [ `bʌgər ] interjection BRITISH IMPOLITE
bugger or bugger it used for saying that you are annoyed about something

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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