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Table of contents
1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Transitive verb
1.3 Noun
1.4 Interjection
1.5 Further reading

English

Etymology

From Old French bougre, originally meaning "heretic" from the Medieval Latin Bulgarus meaning Bulgarian (seen as heretics because they were not of the Catholic faith, but Eastern Orthodox Christians).

Transitive verb

to bugger (buggered)

  1. (slang, vulgar) to have anal intercourse with someone
  2. (slang, coarse) to ruin (something)
    This computer is buggered!

Noun

bugger

  1. (slang, coarse) an insulting term for a person or thing

Interjection

  1. (slang, coarse) expressing annoyance
    Oh bugger!

Further reading

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The noun "bugger" has one sense: The verb "bugger" has one sense:

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