bugger off

English

Etymology

Derived from bugger (idiomatic, obsolete, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “sodomite”, (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) “man”, especially in the colloquialism (idiomatic, dismissal, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth) old bugger for “an old man”.

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Interjection

bugger off

1. (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, emphatic, colloquial, dismissal) Go away.
2. (idiomatic, vulgar, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, emphatic, colloquial) An expression of disagreement or disbelief.

   Bugger off! You are joking, aren't you?

Synonyms

• (go away): get lost, fuck off, screw off, buzz off, piss off ;see also Thesaurus:go away

• (disbelief): bollocks, fuck off, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

Translations

go away — see get lost

expression of disagreement or disbelief

• Czech: no neser
• French: (vulgar) merde (fr), (vulgar) putain (fr), (informal) punaise (fr), flûte (fr), (colloquial) chiotte (fr)
• Turkish: siktir (tr)

Verb

bugger off (third-person singular simple present buggers off, present participle buggering off, simple past and past participle buggered off)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar) To leave, go away, disappear.

   We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.

Synonyms

• depart, set out, sling one's hook; see also Thesaurus:leave

Translations

to leave, go away, disappear

• French: (formal) allez voir là-bas si j’y suis (fr), déguerpir (fr), (colloquial) foutre le camp (fr), (colloquial) décarrer (fr), aller se rhabiller (fr), (vulgar) aller chier dans sa caisse (fr)
• German: verziehen (de) (reflexive), verpissen (de) (reflexive), vom Acker machen (de) (reflexive)