bugger v.1
a synon. for damn v.; thus to curse; thus buggering n., cursing.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Proceedings Old Bailey 86/1: She said b--st and b-gg-r your eyes, I have got none of your money. | |
| Poe & Songss (2nd edn) 21: Tho’ Henderson, the sheriff-clerk, / May damn, and swear, and buggar, / Yet he is not a greedy shark, / A hungry pettifogger . | |
| My Secret Life (1966) VI 1289: He was fucking her when a bugle sounded again. — ‘Bugger the hell of a bugle,’ said the other. | |
| Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life II 138: A man [...] heard him exclaim as the engines came on the scene, ‘B----r them’. | |
| Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (1955) 157: ‘Oh, b----r the cause of poverty!’ said one of the new hands. | |
| Penny Showman 69: I don’t mind needles, but B----r Cigars! | |
| (con. 1916) Her Privates We (1986) 114: ’E starts blastin’ an’ buggerin’ an ’all, an’ she says nowt. | |
| This Gutter Life 216: B****r the bloody invention. | |
| May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day-Surveys II:63: B: ‘If the management will allow it, I shall not stop you.’ L: ‘Oh, bugger the management.’. | |
| letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 15: Cunt and bugger Oxford women. How can they help you? | |
| letter 19 May in Leader (2000) 280: Aw bugger them, and bugger it, and bugger me. | |
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Gun in My Hand 213: Bugger this. I’m calling the cops. | |
 | We Think the World of You (1971) 66: Bugger Tom! I thought. | |
![[SA]](/static/img/flags/sa.png "South Africa") | Threefold Cord 34: Oh, bugger the lighties. | |
| (con. 1950s) Spend, Spend, Spend (1978) 53: Bugger the wedding party, they weren’t there! | |
| Not His Pride II i: Bugger the compensation! We do not live for compensations hoermeid. | |
| Never in My Lifetime in Best Radio Plays (1984) 49: charlie: What would my dad say? wife: Bugger your dad. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Share House Blues 65: ‘Bugger your cousin,’ says Marcus. ‘Don’t you insult my cousin,’ says Gerontius. | |
| diary 10 Nov. Smiling in Slow Motion (2000) 256: Oh, bugger the hospital. | |
| Bad Debts (2012) [ebook] The union’s telling him to slow down [...] So bugger the union. | |
| Guardian G2 30 Nov. 22: Well bugger standard procedure. | |
| Final Demand 133: Bugger the lot of them. | |
| Rubdown [ebook] Bugger the expense [...] Take cheques? | |
| IOL News (Western Cape) 7 May 🌐 She claimed that [...] the men said: ‘Bugger the ANC, you kaffir’. |
In exclamations
a general excl. of surprise, annoyance, alarm; thus ext. as bugger my old boots! (Aus.) bugger me dead!
| letter 23 June in Thwaite Sel. Letters (1992) 15: Several workmen shat themselves with laughing so it must have looked funny. Bugger me. | |
| ‘The Dark Diceman’ in Bitten by the Tarantula (2005) 203: Bugger me if some other jane don’t identify him. | |
| Death of a Barrow Boy 17: Bugger me, I’m dying upwards! | |
| Sat. Night and Sun. Morning 122: Then, bogger me, Arthur, if you didn’t kick the CO as well, right in the nuts. | |
| Monty Python’s Flying Circus 7 Dec. [TV script] Oh, bugger me. | |
| Glass Canoe (1982) 143: Bugger me if he doesn’t come from Windsor. | |
| Homesickness (1999) 73: Bugger me [...] this is something to write home about. | |
| Day of the Dog 42: Well, bugger me dead! | |
| ‘The Bird I Fancied’ in Helsingør Station and Other Departures 141: ‘Bugger me ol’ boots,’ a desperate drinker said to no one in particular. | |
| It Was An Accident 157: Oh, bugger me Mrs Doc, shit . . . I mean I got to apologise it just slipped out. | |
| Penguin Bk of More Aus. Jokes 310: Bugger me dead, jam again. | |
| Dead Long Enough 139: When was the last time you found yourself looking at someone after they just said or did something [...] and thinking: Well, bugger me? | |
| Consequences 20: Well, blow me down, bugger me dead, shit on me head. Bob was somewhat dumbfounded. | |
| Hiding Place 26: Well bugger me dead, Stone, what brings you to the Mall at this time on this lovely morning? | |
| Stoning 61: ‘Bugger me! [...] You OK?’. | |
| Man-Eating Typewriter 302: bof and bugger me sideways. |
a vehement excl. expressing personal antagonism.
| We Were the Rats 190: It’s the old army sayin’, ‘Bugger you, George, I’m all right’. | |
| Crack in the Column 8: Oh, bugger your news.— Well, bugger your intelligence.— Why, then, bugger you.— Bugger you. | |
| Drinkers of Darkness 76: ‘Ah, bugger you all,’ O’Riordan shouted. | |
| Poor Fellow My Country 687: Bugger you, Esky-mo, bugger you, bugger you old Brown-and-Malt, bugger you all ... bugger, bugger, bugger! | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Maledicta 1 (Summer) 12: In America one of the most usual insulting invitations today is go fuck yourself (In England they say bugger yourself.). | |
| 1985 (1980) 149: If you won’t help, you won’t, so bugger you, matey! | |
| Available Light 225: Bugger you. Call if you need me. | |
| Guardian G2 15 Mar. 4: I said, ‘Bugger you, then.’. | |
| Sex Goes to Church 41: ‘Oh, bugger you, Brett,’ she said, clearly aggravated, ‘I don’t feel like talking to you anymore’. |