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bugger

bug·ger

UK/ˈbʌɡə/ US/ˈbʌɡəɹ/ fairly common slang uk us
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)

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verb

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Origin

From Middle English bougre (“heretic”), from Old French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgar”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”), used in designation of heretics (especially the Bogomils, who arose around the 10th century AD in the First Bulgarian Empire), to whom various sexual practices such as anal sex were ascribed.

Phrases

  • bugger about
  • bugger all
  • bugger around
  • bugger factor
  • bugger me
  • bugger me backwards
  • bugger off
  • bugger that for a joke
  • bugger up
  • give a bugger
  • play silly buggers
  • rugger bugger

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