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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Vulgar Slang A sodomite.
  2. n. Slang A contemptible or disreputable person.
  3. n. Slang A fellow; a chap: "He's a silly little bugger, then” ( John le Carré).
  4. v. To practice sodomy.
  5. v. To practice sodomy with.
  6. v. To damn.
  7. bugger off Chiefly British Slang To leave someone alone; go away.
  8. n. One who installs electronic bugs.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. One guilty of the crime of bestiality: vulgarly used as a general term of contumely, without reference to its meaning.
  2. n. A collector of bugs or insects; an entomologist.

Wiktionary

  1. n. obsolete A heretic.
  2. n. Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.
  3. n. slang, pejorative, UK, Australia, New Zealand A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.
  4. n. slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand A situation that causes dismay.
  5. n. slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand Someone viewed with affection; a chap.
  6. n. slang, dated A damn, anything at all.
  7. n. slang, UK Someone who is very fond of something
  8. n. slang, USA - West A rough synonym for whippersnapper.
  9. v. vulgar, UK To sodomize.
  10. v. slang To break or ruin.
  11. v. slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand To be surprised.
  12. v. slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand To feel contempt for some person or thing.
  13. v. slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand To feel frustration with something, or to consider that something is futile.
  14. v. slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand To be fatigued.
  15. interj. slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar An expression of annoyance or displeasure.
  16. interj. slang, US, euphemistic, rare Cutesy expression of very mild annoyance.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.
  2. n. Low A wretch; -- sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. practice anal sex upon
  2. n. someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)

Etymologies

  1. From French bougre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus ("Bulgarian"), used in designation of heretics to whom various unnatural practices were ascribed. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English bougre, heretic, from Old French boulgre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus; see Bulgar. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • ruzuzu Poor little guys? Oct 25, 2010

  • yarb blighter is Brit too isn't it?

    If it's boys, maybe mites or tykes?

    Tough one. Oct 25, 2010

  • bilby the poor blighters Oct 25, 2010

  • chained_bear Okay, I know what this word means according to dictionaries, but when a mother says it of her young, rambunctious boys (for example), that's certainly NOT the meaning she's ascribing.

    I'm looking for a synonym in the phrase "the poor buggers," that doesn't use the original word I was thinking of ("bastards") and does not sound British ("sods"). Any suggestions?

    I also found this interesting conversation. Oct 25, 2010

  • yarb (liquor buggers us,
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    - Peter Reading, 5x5x5x5x5, 1983 Jul 4, 2008

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