10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUGGER ALL»
Discover the use of
bugger all in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bugger all and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
5 to fiddle with something or someone; to caress or interfere with someone uk,
1937 bugger all; sweet bugger all noun nothing whatsoever uk, 1918 • [A] big
yawn-yawn expose of bugger all[.] — Dick Francis, whip Hand, p. 13, 1979 • Like
what ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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"Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words": Folk Wisdom in Art, ...
The detailed study contains sections on the etymology of "bugger", its use in
limericks, its appearance in folk speech, and of course the origin, use, and
meaning of the proverbial phrase "sweet bugger all." Dundes explains the
homosexual ...
"idiom bugger all uk offensive very little or nothing: "How much do you know
about marketing?" "Bugger all." "exclamation uk offensive 1 used to express
anger: Oh bugger, it's raining! 2 Bugger it! used to express great anger: Buggerit!
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Shorter Slang Dictionary
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 with that car all day. bugger all nothing, as in it's got bugger all
to do with ...
Paul Beale, Eric Partridge, Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
>-idiom bugger all uk offensive very little or nothing: "How much do you know
about marketing?" "Bugger all." ▻ exclamation uk offensive 1 used to express
anger: Oh bugger, it's raining! 2 Bugger it! used to express great anger: Bugger it!
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British Language & Culture
but not quite as bad. To bugger is also used to mean 'to break', 'foul up', 'ruin' or '
spoil' ('The engine's buggered'), and I'm buggered means 'I'm exhausted.' If
someone tells you to bugger off they mean 'Go away!' bugger all nothing ('He's
got ...
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Wordbook of Australian Idiom: Aussie Slang
... likeable, hasty, rude, bad, smart, you name them”— bugger about Don't
meddle, or fiddle around get on with it — 'Don't ya bugger about, just get on with it
' bugger all He has little or nothing in kind— 'This poor coot, has bugger-all'
bugger, ...
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An Encyclopedia of Swearing: The Social History of Oaths, ...
This is also an early use of the verbal sense, now general in modern phrases like
“bugger you!,” “bugger off!,” “bugger all,” and the less virulent sense of “bugger
up,” meaning “mess up” or “destroy.” In contemporary global English the ...
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The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
6. bugger up To ruin 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 ...
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
Ärmel: jm. sagen/.... er kann einen (mal) am Armel küssen/(lecken) to know/...
bugger all about s.th. Quark: einen Quark verstehen von etw. bugger-all to be
worin bugger-all Pfifferling: keinen Pfifferling wert sein • wischen: (nur) zum
Wischen ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUGGER ALL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bugger all is used in the context of the following news items.
Film Review:
... was not quite expecting and an ageing Terminator should amount to bugger all with another, “Let's stop Skynet before Judgement Day,” remit ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»
CEEMEA stays open despite Greek vote
But there was “absolutely bugger all” reaction in CEEMEA bonds, according to one head of syndicate. “Across markets as a whole we've seen ... «GlobalCapital, Jul 15»
Eamonn Sweeney: Katie Taylor's 18 titles are no match for Sonia's six
Shefflin, like Taylor and O'Driscoll, has an unimpeachable claim to greatness but he had bugger all to do with Kilkenny's victory, coming off the ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
We're still alive here in The Zone
... moment because the MPI have switched to "winter mode", in which the master plan seems to involve doing bugger all until spring rolls round. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
Rock 'n' Roll America, BBC Four
White American youth had pretty much bugger all to be angry about: many had cars, money and independence, but they were consumers now. «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
How Twitter reacted to Apple Music's first day
The early bird caught bugger all this time... Apple Music 9. 6. But maybe it's not so bad missing out on Apple Music. This guy probably wishes ... «TrustedReviews, Jul 15»
She said what? Bishop predicts China economy to stop growing by …
End result we will have bugger all to show. The foreign minister should perhaps be more informed before making economic statements ... «RenewEconomy, Jul 15»
How do we train the next generation of data centre wranglers?
The initial cost of a virtual server in a hosted environment is the square root of bugger all, and so it's easy to run up loads and leave them ... «The Register, Jun 15»
£100K Garage: Lee Bracken
Plus there was bugger all room in it, so I was just as well off with the MR2... but oh, how wrong I was. I drove one a few weeks back for the first ... «Pistonheads.com, Jun 15»
ISIS can't be beaten by a military we don't have – so why not …
It is, however, bugger all use on its own. Getty Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron. Oh, bums. Which is perhaps why our beloved leader is ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
