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to buggered

to buggered

9.7
To hurt a part of your body by using it too much or in an accident
  • verb
  • /ˈbʌɡəd/
  • UK
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  • I think I've buggered my back after lifting all those boxes by myself.

Examples

  • She realized she had buggered her wrist after hours of typing without a break.

  • He buggered his knee playing football last weekend and now he can barely walk.

  • He buggered his ankle while playing football.

  • Why do you always bugger your knees when running?

  • He buggered his knee playing football last weekend and now he can barely walk.

  • I think I've buggered my back after lifting all those boxes by myself.

  • She realized she had buggered her wrist after hours of typing without a break.

Synonyms

to injure
vsto buggered
640 1.0

Harm someone's body or a part of it, often by accident

includes harm from overuse as well as accidents
to mangle
vsto buggered
  • NSFW
21 6.1

To badly cut, tear, or crush and cause a serious physical injury

is milder meaning strain or minor harm rather than severe destruction
to bugger
vsto buggered
  • NSFW
5 9.1

To damage or spoil something often by carelessness

is specific to hurting a body part rather than spoiling things

Antonyms

to heal
481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

How Injured

to disable
5 4.9
to cripple
  • NSFW
11 6.8
to injure
53 1.6
to buggered
  • UK
9.7
to hurt
∞ 1.0
strain
22 4.2

Surface Forms

bugger infinitive
buggered past
buggered past participle
buggering present participle
buggers third person singular

Morphology

buggered = bugger (semi-transparent) = bugger + ed

The form is the regular past/past-participle ('bugger' + -ed), so the morphological relation is clear; the specific sense 'injure/damage' is a colloquial extension of the verb and only partly predictable.

Etymology

Buggered comes from the verb form of bugger, which moved from being an insult to a way to say someone or something was 'messed up'. So if you say you have buggered your knee, you mean you have 'injured' or 'strained' it.