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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: bugger 'person who practices anal sex' (16-21 centuries), from French bougre 'person who disagrees with the standard religion', from Medieval Latin Bulgarus 'Bulgarian'

bugger

1 noun
     
bug‧ger1 S2 [countable]
1 British English not polite an offensive word for someone who is very annoying or unpleasant
2 not polite someone that you pretend to be annoyed with, although you actually like or love them:
• The poor little bugger got an awful shock.
3 British English not polite a job or activity that is very difficult:
• The exam was a bit of a bugger.
4

bugger all

British English not polite nothing:
• There's bugger all wrong with this machine.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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