CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BUGGER ABOUT
PRESENT
Present
I bugger about
you bugger about
he/she/it buggers about
we bugger about
you bugger about
they bugger about
Present continuous
I am buggering about
you are buggering about
he/she/it is buggering about
we are buggering about
you are buggering about
they are buggering about
Present perfect
I have buggered about
you have buggered about
he/she/it has buggered about
we have buggered about
you have buggered about
they have buggered about
Present perfect continuous
I have been buggering about
you have been buggering about
he/she/it has been buggering about
we have been buggering about
you have been buggering about
they have been buggering about
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I buggered about
you buggered about
he/she/it buggered about
we buggered about
you buggered about
they buggered about
Past continuous
I was buggering about
you were buggering about
he/she/it was buggering about
we were buggering about
you were buggering about
they were buggering about
Past perfect
I had buggered about
you had buggered about
he/she/it had buggered about
we had buggered about
you had buggered about
they had buggered about
Past perfect continuous
I had been buggering about
you had been buggering about
he/she/it had been buggering about
we had been buggering about
you had been buggering about
they had been buggering about
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will bugger about
you will bugger about
he/she/it will bugger about
we will bugger about
you will bugger about
they will bugger about
Future continuous
I will be buggering about
you will be buggering about
he/she/it will be buggering about
we will be buggering about
you will be buggering about
they will be buggering about
Future perfect
I will have buggered about
you will have buggered about
he/she/it will have buggered about
we will have buggered about
you will have buggered about
they will have buggered about
Future perfect continuous
I will have been buggering about
you will have been buggering about
he/she/it will have been buggering about
we will have been buggering about
you will have been buggering about
they will have been buggering about
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would bugger about
you would bugger about
he/she/it would bugger about
we would bugger about
you would bugger about
they would bugger about
Conditional continuous
I would be buggering about
you would be buggering about
he/she/it would be buggering about
we would be buggering about
you would be buggering about
they would be buggering about
Conditional perfect
I would have bugger about
you would have bugger about
he/she/it would have bugger about
we would have bugger about
you would have bugger about
they would have bugger about
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been buggering about
you would have been buggering about
he/she/it would have been buggering about
we would have been buggering about
you would have been buggering about
they would have been buggering about
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you bugger about
we let´s bugger about
you bugger about
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bugger about
Past participle
buggered about
Present Participle
buggering about
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUGGER ABOUT»
Discover the use of
bugger about in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bugger about and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shorter Slang Dictionary
2 see bugger about; bugger off. bugger! or bugger it ! a strong expletive. Late
19th–20th centuries. bugger about to waste time, to act ineffectually; to potter
about, to fuss; to play the fool, as in stop buggering about!; he's been buggering
about ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
See bugger about, and k.b.o. bugger! A strong expletive: latish C.19-20.
Manchon. bugger about, v. Potter about; fuss; act ineffectually; waste time on a
thing, with a person. Hence, bugger about with, to caress intimately; interfere with
(person ...
3
Wordbook of Australian Idiom: Aussie Slang
There are all types of buggers— “There are little, small, fat, thin, short, tall, fast,
slow, silly, mad, stupid, crazy, quiet, rowdy, dumb, hungry, likeable, hasty, rude,
bad, smart, you name them”— bugger about Don't meddle, or fiddle around get
on ...
4
The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
6. bugger upToruin or to wreck, e.g, 'That's buggered'. bugger about, bugger
around or buggerise around To mess around or to waste time. bugger-all Not
much or nothing, e.g. 'He's done bugger-all today'. buggered Exhausted, worn
out or ...
5
Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
Are you really a doctor? bugger about/around behave stupidly or irresponsibly
Don 't bugger about with that sharp knife or you 'll cut your fingers. bugger one
about/around treat one badly or casually He quit his job when he was buggered ...
6
Chambers Pocket Dictionary
i bugger about or around (vulg coll) 1 (intr) to waste time or not do something
seriously. 2 (tr) to cause (someone) problems. — bugger all (vulg slang) nothing
at all. — v bugger off (intr; vulg slang) to go away. [OFr bougre, from Lat Bulgarus,
...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
Life had at most 1.1 billion years left to bugger about in. The work had been done
at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Toronto, it had been
done by the best of the boys and girls working in theoretical astrophysics.
... the cabin (he nearly always travels with his arm out of the side window) you'd
be forgiven for thinking that he is only half-listening. Instead of exploding he takes
the news with a subdued frown. 'I've warned the silly bugger about his drinking.
... to aparecer by mediante buddy hombre by, to get arregl ́arselas budget, to
calcular bye-byes, to go dormir Buenos Aires, slang of jerga bypass camino
buffet caf ́e buffoonery broma cabin caba ̃na/cuarto bugger about/around,
molestar caca ...
10
Nasty: My Family and Other Glamorous Varmints
“It makes you wonder why they bugger about with grapes in France when you
can make a delicious wine from potato peelings,” he guffawed as he secreted yet
more bottles of tea-leaf and parsnip wine in the crawl space under the living room
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUGGER ABOUT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bugger about is used in the context of the following news items.
Holiday fishing on the lake: Memorial Day weekend promises good …
Try trolling a Midge Wobbler or a Mepps Spinner; some anglers also seem to do well trolling a wooly bugger about 5 to 10 feet below the ... «Ravalli Republic, May 15»
Mark Ward: Holiday weekend offers camping, fishing
Try trolling a Midge Wobbler or a Mepps Spinner; some anglers also seem to do well trolling a wooly bugger about 5 to 10 feet below the ... «The Missoulian, May 15»
Comment: Time to renew the political thinking on renewable energy
They don't need to bugger about trying to get cross-benchers to support it, and, crucially, they have business on side. Lots of wins there (except ... «SBS, Apr 15»
Christine McVie rejoins Fleetwood Mac for On With The Show tour
You get the gritty, gnarly Linsday, the hardcore Stevie Gold Dust Woman stuff, we bugger about and have some fun, play our instruments and ... «NEWS.com.au, Apr 15»
Vale Jorge Castillo-Riffo: warrior worker
“He didn't just bugger about waiting for time to pass; he was a very busy bloke. He always liked to have a chat about politics and he could see ... «Green Left Weekly, Feb 15»
The Guardian view on Ofsted's annual report: structures don't matter
... air traffic control, etc etc etc they have fuck all to do other than pass ill-conceived laws and bugger about with health, education and attacking ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
The Guardian view on raising tax allowances: costly, cynical and …
If you keep banging on about helping those on low wages it isn't allowances you bugger about with. The fact that the coalition have faced little ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
How to keep everything fluffy in your hybrid cloud world
Failback: failover in some applications is rather like falling through a trapdoor – it takes seconds to fail over but hours or days to bugger about ... «Register, Nov 14»
Mike Leigh Says Hollywood Is "Motivated By Insecurity, Fear, Lack …
They don't bugger about with the editing. We don't get people making us re-cut the film and get a more sexy or commercial ending or all that ... «Indie Wire, Oct 14»
Google's 'Inbox' app is the new uber-Gmail
... allowing you to see the essential info without having to bugger about searching through emails. To-do lists and reminders will be displayed at ... «Recombu, Oct 14»
