buggery

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buggery^¹

/ˈbʌɡəɹi/

Where it comes from

From bugger + -y (nominal suffix).

noun buggeries

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Anal sex. Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable crime of buggery […] shall be liable at the discretion of the court to be kept in penal servitude for life or for any term not less than ten years.
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Any sexual act deemed against nature, such as homosexuality, bestiality or necrophilia. Whosoever shall be convicted of the abominable Crime of Buggery, committed either with Mankind or with any Animal, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life or for any Term not less than Ten Years.
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable A broken or damaged condition. It's gone to buggery.

buggery^²

/ˈbʌɡəɹi/

adverb

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, not comparable, vulgar Used after an inverted subject pronoun and auxiliary verb or copula to emphatically negate the verb. Did he help? Did he buggery!
Similar: heck, fuck

interjection

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Synonym of bugger.
Similar: bugger

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

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buggery. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/buggery

Chicago

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

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@misc{buggery_2026,
  title = {buggery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buggery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}