buggered

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buggered

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From the verb bugger.

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Commonwealth, slang Broken; not properly functioning. Your telly is buggered, best get it fixed.
Similar: fucked
Commonwealth, slang In trouble; in a bad situation. The police caught you on CCTV, now you're really buggered.
Similar: fucked
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Tired, worn-out, exhausted. You'll have to take over from here, mate, I'm completely buggered.
Similar: all in
Commonwealth, slang damned (as an intensifier or vehement denial) I'm buggered if I'm going to drive all that way at this time of night.

Similar: kaput, stuffed, in for it, done in, exhausted

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of bugger

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adjective

Similar: kaput, stuffed, in for it, done in, exhausted

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"buggered." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/buggered. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"buggered." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/buggered.

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@misc{buggered_2026,
  title = {buggered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buggered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}