bugger
/ˈbʌɡəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers’ charter."
- "He's a silly bugger for losing his keys."
- "The bugger’s given me the wrong change."
- "My computer's being a bit of a bugger."
- "1928, Frank Parker Day, Rockbound, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0500721h, “I’ll take it out on dat young bugger,” he thought viciously."
- "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.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Turkic *bulga-der. Proto-Turkic *bulgar Old Turkic 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (b¹wl¹g¹a) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Old Church Slavonic -инъ (-inŭ) Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ)der. Medieval Latin Bulgarusder. Old French bogrebor. Middle English bougre English bugger 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. Doublet of Bulgar.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: bougre, Bulgarus, блъгаринъ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbʌɡəɹ/
- British English: /ˈbʌɡə/
Usage
- Obsolete
- British usage
- Derogatory
- Slang
- Dated
- American usage
- Transitive verb