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buggery

1 9.9

Nonsense or annoying behaviour that causes trouble

noun
/ˈbʌɡəri/

Slang

: tontería

You didn't plan to offend the entire Australian parliament with your hilarious antics of sheep stealing, racism and buggery, not to mention that naked gun-wielding maniac!

Let's pop a bit on all these bloody buggery misery areas.

Examples

The Sixties were the only time in human history when wild buggery wasn't potentially fatal...

Blog text (23)
Buggery we choose and buggery we'll allow

The Libertine (2004)
Buggery we choose and buggery we'll allow

The Libertine (2004)
Sevy, I'm sorry about giving you hell for buggery the other day.

Intimate Affairs (2002)
The constant buggery from my neighbors makes it hard to enjoy my own home.
His buggery during the meeting frustrated everyone and wasted a lot of time.
We don't need any more buggery from the committee about these trivial issues.

Synonyms

fucknugget nonsense

vsbuggery

Offensive

9.9

Annoying and foolish behavior that wastes people's time

is milder meaning general nonsense or annoyance in informal British speech

How Troublesome

problem

∞ 1.2

annoyance

21 3.2

buggery

Slang

1 9.9

nonsense

578 2.5

Surface Forms

buggery singular

buggeries plural

Morphology

buggery = bugger (semi-transparent) = bugger + y

The form is 'bugger' + '-y', but the slang meaning 'nonsense' or 'annoyance' represents a figurative/extended use rather than the literal sexual sense.

Etymology

Buggery also has a British slang meaning of 'nonsense' or an 'annoyance'. This lighter use grew from the insult bugger, so people use it to call something rubbish or a pain.