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buggered up

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bug⋅ger

1  [buhg-er, boog-]
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–noun
1. Informal. a fellow or lad (used affectionately or abusively): a cute little bugger.
2. Informal. any object or thing.
3. Often Vulgar. a sodomite.
4. Chiefly British Slang.
a. a despicable or contemptible person, esp. a man.
b. an annoying or troublesome thing, situation, etc.
–verb (used with object)
5. Often Vulgar. to sodomize.
6. Slang. damn: Bugger the cost—I want the best.
7. Chiefly British Slang. to trick, deceive, or take advantage of.
—Verb phrases
8. bugger off, Chiefly British Slang. to depart; bug off.
9. bugger up, Chiefly British Slang. to ruin; spoil; botch.
Origin:
1300–50; ME bougre < AF bugre < ML Bulgarus heretic, lit., Bulgarian, by assoc. of the Balkans with heretical sects such as the Bogomils and their alleged deviant sexual practices; def. 1 perh. by reanalysis as bug 1 or bug 2 + -er 1 (cf. booger )
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Word Origin & History

bugger 
"sodomite," 1555, earlier "heretic" (1340), from M.L. Bulgarus "a Bulgarian" (see Bulgaria), so called from Catholic bigoted notions of the sex lives of Eastern Orthodox Christians or of the sect of heretics that was prominent there 11c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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