364:(Torres Strait Creole) of Australia and Papua and others, meaning "broken", "hurt", "ruined", "destroyed", "tired", and so on, as in Tok Pisin "kanu i bagarap", Brokan "kenu i bagarap", "the canoe is broken" or Tok Pisin/Brokan "kaikai i bagarap", "the food is spoiled". Tok Pisin "mi bagarap pinis" ("me bugger-up finish") means, "I am very tired", or "I am very ill", while the Brokan equivalent, "ai pinis bagarap", is more "I'm done in", "I'm finished/I've had it". The term was put to use in the album
277:
in Great
Britain (and often in New Zealand and Australia as well) to denote or feign surprise at an unexpected (or possibly unwanted) occurrence. "I'm buggered" can also be used to indicate a state of fatigue. In this latter form it found fame in New Zealand in 1956 through rugby player Peter Jones,
312:
ran a popular series of advertisements where "Bugger!" was the only spoken word (with exception of an utterance of "bugger me!") (frequently repeated); they then ran a censored version of the ad in which "Bugger!" was bleeped out, as a joke against those who spoke out against the ad claiming it was
289:", in response to a suggestion that he might recover from his illness and visit Bognor Regis. Variations on the phrase "bugger it" are commonly used to imply frustration, admission of defeat or the sense that something is not worth doing, as in "bugger this for a lark" or "bugger this for a game of
460:
Colloquial military term for a disorderly group—either assembled without formation or in a formation that does not meet the standards of the commentator: "just form a bugger's muddle", "there's a bugger's muddle of civvies hanging around the gate", "Get that bugger's muddle of yours fallen in
313:
offensive. The term is generally not used in the United States, but it is recognised, although inoffensive there. It is also used in Canada more frequently than in the United States but with less stigma than in other parts of the world. In the
259:); "Oh no! I've buggered it up"; or "It's gone to buggery". In Anglophone Southern Africa, Australia, Canada and Britain, "buggered" is colloquially used to describe something, usually a machine or vehicle, as broken.
248:
As a verb, the word is used in
Commonwealth English to denote sodomy. In Great Britain, the phrase "Bugger me sideways" (or a variation of this) can be used as an expression of surprise. It can also be used as a
188:
sympathized with the victims of the crusade because of their moral purity. It was then that the
Catholic clergy launched a vilifying campaign against them, associating them with unorthodox sexual practices and
52:
word. In the United
Kingdom the term has been used commonly to imply dissatisfaction, refer to someone or something whose behaviour is in some way inconvenient or perhaps as an expression of surprise. In the
395:"Little buggers" means children, a term so familiar in the United Kingdom that there is a series of professional teaching manuals with titles that start "Getting the buggers to ..."
270:) means to go, or run, away; when used as a command it means "go away" ("get lost" or "leave me alone") and can also be used in much the same type of relatively offensive manner.
172:
and
Catholic alike and brought the region firmly under the control of the King of France. The crusade was directed against heretical Christians and the nobility of
144:, were thought to have come in the 11th century, after other "heretics" to whom abominable practices were imputed in an abusively disparaging manner. (The word
218:
has been in use, in an affectionate manner, to address or refer to a close friend or fellow schoolmate. In the United States it can be a rough synonym to
489:
in phrases which do not actually refer literally in any sense to buggery itself, but just use the word for its informal strength of impact, e.g.,
301:
As an interjection, "bugger" is sometimes used as a single-word expletive. "Buggeration" is a derivation occasionally found in
British English.
481:
today also serves as a general expletive (mild, moderate or severe depending on the context and company), and can be used to replace the word
834:
512:
as "a natural or artificial hazard that complicates any proposed course of action". It was reportedly
British military slang in the 1950s.
626:
278:
who—in a live post-match radio interview—declared himself "absolutely buggered", a turn of phrase considered shocking at the time.
680:
900:
653:
The well-known judge was once reprimanded by the lord chancellor for calling the Sexual
Offences Act 1967 a "buggers' charter".
603:
373:
780:
739:
449:
The phrase "bugger me" is a slang term used for a situation that has yielded an unexpected or undesirable result.
282:
210:
communities the word has been in use traditionally without any profane connotations. For instance, within the
763:
319:
890:
304:
As with many expletives, its continued use has reduced its shock value and offensiveness. Thus the
237:
58:
31:
17:
838:
895:
517:
314:
133:
62:
905:
229:
81:
666:
690:
381:
27:
General-purpose word to imply dissatisfaction or describe someone displeasing or surprising
8:
910:
712:
685:
623:
369:
255:
161:
77:
219:
233:
109:
73:
609:
667:"For more than a century it has been a Garden of Eden ablaze with sporting colour..."
332:
105:
101:
93:
435:("bugger all" spelled backwards, a fictional Welsh town in Dylan Thomas' radio play
542:
377:
357:
267:
207:
97:
644:
630:
528:
To act in a stupid or reckless manner. (Britain, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand)
513:
437:
85:
69:
335:
when they are late for the first wedding to repeated exclamations of "Bugger!".
810:
505:
89:
156:
The term is thought to have emerged around the early 13th century, after Pope
884:
520:, which had prevented him from attending conventions, as "the Embuggerance".
54:
585:
286:
211:
157:
859:
413:
You may not like paying taxes, but there's bugger all you can do about it
309:
290:
784:
469:
The phrase "bugger off" is a slang or dismissive term meaning "leave".
403:"To bugger about" means to mess around, to do something ineffectively.
328:
274:
226:
137:
353:
169:
168:. This led to the slaughter of about 20,000 men, women and children,
49:
417:
The police are doing bugger all about all this aggro that's going on
547:
427:
421:
352:" (from "buggered up") is a common word in Pacific pidgins such as
181:
173:
141:
250:
323:
the opening sequence is modified from repeated exclamations of "
537:
486:
384:
361:
305:
190:
177:
165:
452:
Common usage includes "bugger me dead" and "bugger me blind".
253:
for "broken", as in "This PC's buggered" (similar to the verb
185:
273:"I'm buggered", "I'll be buggered" and "bugger me" are used
324:
65:, it is an inoffensive slang term meaning "small animal".
768:
The
Jacaranda dictionary and grammar of Melanesian pidgin
497:
but would be regarded by most listeners as more obscene.
740:"A step back in time - 30 years of great advertising"
516:
used the word in this sense when he referred to his
387:, the language used in Bougainville and elsewhere.
681:"If you wish upon a star, make sure you are awake"
372:, which was made to capture the peace process in
882:
160:and the northern French kingdom engaged in the
770:by F. Mihalic (1971). Accessed 21 January 2009.
569:Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
622:For an example of this inoffensive usage, see
281:It is famously alleged that the last words of
222:as in calling a young boy a "little bugger".
121:
127:
804:
802:
140:, a sect labeled by church authorities as
566:
580:
578:
560:
236:was reprimanded for calling the British
799:
664:
148:itself is not etymologically related.)
14:
883:
737:
642:
584:
68:The term is used in the vernacular of
575:
523:
48:can at times be considered as a mild
665:Norquay, Kevin (November 11, 2006).
411:"Bugger all" means "nothing", as in
808:
689:. 11 September 2008. Archived from
380:; in a number of the songs he uses
24:
837:. McGuinnessOnline. Archived from
455:
25:
922:
645:"Are judges politically correct?"
390:
713:"When Bognor earned its 'Regis'"
669:Eden Park Residents Association.
624:"A Partially True Autobiography"
338:
120:It is derived from Anglo-Norman
852:
827:
773:
757:
738:Rudder, Gawen (24 March 2017).
500:
398:
296:
731:
705:
673:
658:
636:
616:
596:
592:. Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann.
485:as a simple expletive or as a
13:
1:
901:Sex- and gender-related slurs
643:Rohrer, Finlo (12 May 2004).
553:
464:
406:
308:car company in Australia and
444:
343:
214:community in India the word
176:and vassals of the Crown of
115:
7:
783:. suecowley. Archived from
531:
320:Four Weddings and a Funeral
10:
927:
472:
151:
29:
567:Partridge, Eric (1966) .
493:, which is equivalent to
262:The phrase "bugger off" (
590:Innocent III and England
376:, an island province of
238:Sexual Offences Act 1967
196:
243:
201:
32:Bugger (disambiguation)
586:Cheney, Christopher R.
317:television version of
240:a "buggers' charter".
128:
122:
57:, particularly in the
781:"Sue Cowley Bookshop"
230:Sir Melford Stevenson
82:South African English
693:on 20 September 2012
30:For other uses, see
860:"The Embuggerance."
686:The Southland Times
518:Alzheimer's disease
510:embuggerance factor
162:Albigensian Crusade
78:New Zealand English
809:Quinion, Michael.
629:2009-03-28 at the
524:Play silly buggers
180:. The populace of
132:, in reference to
110:Sri Lankan English
74:Australian English
891:English profanity
333:Charlotte Coleman
136:, from which the
106:Malaysian English
102:Caribbean English
94:Pakistani English
16:(Redirected from
918:
875:
874:
872:
870:
856:
850:
849:
847:
846:
835:"Aussie Sayings"
831:
825:
824:
822:
821:
815:World Wide Words
806:
797:
796:
794:
792:
787:on 19 April 2015
777:
771:
761:
755:
754:
752:
750:
735:
729:
728:
726:
724:
709:
703:
702:
700:
698:
677:
671:
670:
662:
656:
655:
640:
634:
620:
614:
613:
608:. Archived from
605:Bogomilism Study
600:
594:
593:
582:
573:
572:
564:
543:Buggery Act 1533
491:Run like buggery
378:Papua New Guinea
358:Papua New Guinea
268:American English
208:English speaking
131:
125:
98:Canadian English
21:
926:
925:
921:
920:
919:
917:
916:
915:
881:
880:
879:
878:
868:
866:
858:
857:
853:
844:
842:
833:
832:
828:
819:
817:
807:
800:
790:
788:
779:
778:
774:
762:
758:
748:
746:
736:
732:
722:
720:
717:BBC News online
711:
710:
706:
696:
694:
679:
678:
674:
663:
659:
641:
637:
633:by Bruce Lansky
631:Wayback Machine
621:
617:
602:
601:
597:
583:
576:
565:
561:
556:
534:
526:
514:Terry Pratchett
503:
475:
467:
458:
456:Bugger's muddle
447:
438:Under Milk Wood
409:
401:
393:
366:Bagarap Empires
346:
341:
299:
246:
204:
199:
154:
118:
86:Hawaiian Pidgin
70:British English
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
924:
914:
913:
908:
903:
898:
893:
877:
876:
851:
826:
811:"Embuggerance"
798:
772:
756:
730:
704:
672:
657:
635:
615:
612:on 2015-08-10.
595:
574:
558:
557:
555:
552:
551:
550:
545:
540:
533:
530:
525:
522:
506:Eric Partridge
502:
499:
474:
471:
466:
463:
457:
454:
446:
443:
408:
405:
400:
397:
392:
391:Little buggers
389:
345:
342:
340:
337:
298:
295:
245:
242:
220:whippersnapper
203:
200:
198:
195:
153:
150:
117:
114:
90:Indian English
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
923:
912:
909:
907:
904:
902:
899:
897:
896:Interjections
894:
892:
889:
888:
886:
865:. 3 July 2014
864:
863:Discworld.com
861:
855:
841:on 2011-03-15
840:
836:
830:
816:
812:
805:
803:
786:
782:
776:
769:
765:
760:
745:
741:
734:
719:. 1 June 2004
718:
714:
708:
692:
688:
687:
682:
676:
668:
661:
654:
650:
646:
639:
632:
628:
625:
619:
611:
607:
606:
599:
591:
587:
581:
579:
571:. p. 66.
570:
563:
559:
549:
546:
544:
541:
539:
536:
535:
529:
521:
519:
515:
511:
507:
498:
496:
495:Run like hell
492:
488:
484:
480:
470:
462:
453:
450:
442:
440:
439:
434:
430:
429:
424:
423:
418:
414:
404:
396:
388:
386:
383:
379:
375:
371:
367:
363:
359:
355:
351:
339:Derived terms
336:
334:
330:
326:
322:
321:
316:
315:pre-watershed
311:
307:
302:
294:
292:
288:
285:were "Bugger
284:
283:King George V
279:
276:
271:
269:
265:
260:
258:
257:
252:
241:
239:
235:
231:
228:
223:
221:
217:
213:
209:
194:
192:
187:
184:and Northern
183:
179:
175:
171:
167:
163:
159:
149:
147:
143:
139:
135:
130:
126:, from Latin
124:
113:
111:
107:
103:
99:
95:
91:
87:
83:
79:
75:
71:
66:
64:
60:
56:
55:United States
51:
47:
46:
41:
40:
33:
19:
906:Sexual slang
869:13 September
867:. Retrieved
862:
854:
843:. Retrieved
839:the original
829:
818:. Retrieved
814:
789:. Retrieved
785:the original
775:
767:
759:
747:. Retrieved
743:
733:
721:. Retrieved
716:
707:
697:22 September
695:. Retrieved
691:the original
684:
675:
660:
652:
648:
638:
618:
610:the original
604:
598:
589:
568:
562:
527:
509:
504:
501:Embuggerance
494:
490:
482:
478:
476:
468:
459:
451:
448:
436:
432:
426:
420:
416:
412:
410:
402:
399:Bugger about
394:
374:Bougainville
365:
349:
347:
318:
303:
300:
297:Interjection
280:
275:colloquially
272:
263:
261:
254:
247:
224:
215:
212:Anglo-Indian
205:
164:in southern
158:Innocent III
155:
145:
119:
67:
44:
43:
38:
37:
36:
461:properly".
419:. See also
310:New Zealand
911:Euphemisms
885:Categories
845:2011-04-06
820:2009-02-23
554:References
465:Bugger off
407:Bugger all
382:Melanesian
370:Fred Smith
329:Hugh Grant
227:Mr Justice
477:The word
445:Bugger me
433:Llareggub
354:Tok Pisin
344:Bagarapim
225:In 1978,
116:Etymology
749:18 March
723:19 March
649:BBC News
627:Archived
588:(1976).
548:Bogomils
532:See also
508:defined
428:sweet FA
422:fuck all
291:soldiers
206:In some
182:Provence
174:Toulouse
142:heretics
138:Bogomils
134:Bulgaria
129:Bulgarus
764:Bagarap
538:Buggery
479:buggery
473:Buggery
350:Bagarap
264:bug off
256:bricked
251:synonym
152:History
146:Bogomil
108:and in
59:Midwest
18:Buggers
791:6 July
744:AdNews
487:simile
483:bugger
431:, and
385:pidgin
362:Brokan
306:Toyota
287:Bognor
216:bugger
191:sodomy
178:Aragon
170:Cathar
166:France
123:bougre
45:buggar
39:Bugger
327:" by
325:Fuck!
197:Usage
186:Italy
63:South
50:swear
871:2020
793:2017
751:2018
725:2018
699:2011
415:and
331:and
244:Verb
202:Noun
61:and
766:in
441:).
368:by
356:of
293:".
266:in
42:or
887::
813:.
801:^
742:.
715:.
683:.
651:.
647:.
577:^
425:,
360:,
234:QC
232:,
193:.
112:.
104:,
100:,
96:,
92:,
88:,
84:,
80:,
76:,
72:,
873:.
848:.
823:.
795:.
753:.
727:.
701:.
348:"
34:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.