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bugger
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b???/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English bougre (“heretic”), from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose around the 10th century AD in the First Bulgarian Empire), to whom various unnatural practices and perversions such as sodomy were ascribed. Doublet of Bulgar.
Noun
bugger (plural buggers)
- (obsolete) A heretic.
- (Britain law) Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
- (slang, derogatory, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) 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.
- 1947, James Hilton, So Well Remembered, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0600371h,
- Here the cheers and shouts of the gallery were interrupted by a shabby little man in the back row who yelled out with piercing distinctness: “Don't matter what you call ’im now, George. The bugger’s dead.”
- 1928, Frank Parker Day, Rockbound, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0500721h,
- (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A situation that causes dismay.
- (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) 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.”
- 1946, Olaf Stapledon, Arms Out of Hand, in Collected Stories, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0601341,
- (slang, dated) A damn, anything at all.
- (slang, Britain) Someone who is very fond of something
- (slang, US) A whippersnapper, a tyke.
Synonyms
- (sodomite): See Thesaurus:male homosexual and Thesaurus:fudge packer
Derived terms
- bugger factor
Translations
Verb
bugger (third-person singular simple present buggers, present participle buggering, simple past and past participle buggered)
- (vulgar, Britain) 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, vulgar in Britain) To break or ruin.
- (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To be surprised.
- (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To feel contempt for some person or thing.
- 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.)
- (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To feel frustration with something, or to consider that something is futile.
- (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand) To be fatigued.
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
bugger
- (slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.
Synonyms
- bummer
- damn
- 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
Etymology
bug +? -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bœ.?e/
Verb
bugger
- (computing, also figuratively) 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” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
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bloody
English
Alternative forms
- bloudy (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English bl?di?, bl?de? (“bloody”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?þagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood +? -y. Cognate with Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?bl?.di/
- Rhymes: -?di
Adjective
bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)
- Covered in blood.
- Synonyms: bleeding, bloodied, gory, sanguinolent
- Characterised by bloodshed.
- 2007, Lucinda Mallows, Lucy Mallows, Slovakia: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 169
- The story of Elizabeth Bathory is one of the bloodiest in history.
- 2007, Lucinda Mallows, Lucy Mallows, Slovakia: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 169
- (rare in US, Canada, common in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Used as an intensifier.
- 1916 May 31, David Beatty during the Battle of Jutland:
- There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.
- 2003, Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, page 64
- You are not to go asking anyone about who killed that bloody dog.
- 2007, James MacFarlane, Avenge My Kin, Book 2: A Time of Testing, page 498
- “You bloody fool, I could?ve stabbed you in the heart,” David said in mock anger, and then smiled widely.
- 1916 May 31, David Beatty during the Battle of Jutland:
- (dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.
Synonyms
- (intensifier): bally, blasted, bleeding (chiefly British Cockney), blinking, blooming, damn, damned, dang, darned, doggone, flaming, freaking, fricking, frigging, fucking, goddam / goddamn, goddamned, godforsaken (rare), wretched, rotten
- See also Thesaurus:damned
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)
- (rare in US, Canada, common in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang, intensifier) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.
- Synonyms: bloody well, bally, blasted, bleeding, blooming
Translations
Verb
bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)
- To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
- To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of bloody mary
Noun
bloody (plural bloodies)
- (casual) bloody mary
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