bugger off
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”.
Pronunciation
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Interjection
[edit]- (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, emphatic, colloquial, dismissal) Go away.
- (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, emphatic, colloquial) An expression of disagreement or disbelief.
- Bugger off! You are joking, aren't you?
Synonyms
[edit]- (disbelief): bollocks, fuck off, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
Translations
[edit]go away — see get lost
expression of disagreement or disbelief
Verb
[edit]bugger off (third-person singular simple present buggers off, present participle buggering off, simple past and past participle buggered off)
- (intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar) To leave, go away, disappear.
- We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.
Synonyms
[edit]- depart, set out, sling one's hook; see also Thesaurus:leave
Translations
[edit]to leave, go away, disappear
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