bugger off meaning (colloquial): definition, etymology

bugger off

intj

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

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Colloquial, Emphatic, Idiomatic, Vulgar Go away.

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Colloquial, Emphatic, Idiomatic, Vulgar An expression of disagreement or disbelief.

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

Synonyms: get lost, fuck off, screw off, buzz off, piss off, bollocks, pull the other one

bugger off

verb

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, Colloquial, Emphatic, 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