Before reading the entry for the Bugger-o-meter™, it is recommended that you read the following useful vocabulary:

Bugger

Noun ~ British English, offensive slang

1 An offensive word used to insult somebody, especially a man, and to show anger or dislike.

e.g.: Come here, you little bugger!

2 Used to refer to a person, especially a man, that you like or feel sympathy for.

e.g.: Poor bugger! His wife left him last week!

Verb ~ British English, offensive slang

1 Used as a swear word when somebody is annoyed about something or to show they do not care at all.

e.g.: Bugger! I've left my keys at home!

Bugger it! I've burnt the toast!

Oh, bugger the cost, let's buy it anyway!

2 To break or ruin something.

e.g.: I think the computer's buggered.

Common Usage:

Idiom: Bugger me! (to show surprise)

Phrasal verb: to bugger about (waste time in a silly way with no clear purpose)

Phrasal verb: Bugger off! (often used as an order: to go away)

Phrasal verb: to bugger something up (to do something badly or spoil something)

Noun: bugger all (nothing at all; none at all)

e.g.: I sat at home last night and did bugger all.

Well, she was bugger all help.

Adjective: buggered (do not use before noun): Very tired, or broken or ruined (see above Verb, point 2)

Idiom: I'll be buggered! (to show surprise)

Idiom: I'll be buggered if… (used to say that you do not know something, or refuse to do something)

e.g.: I'm buggered if I know.

I'll be buggered if I'm going to help her after what she said to me.

Bugger-o-meter™

Device for measuring the number of (above) words deriving from 'bugger', used within a defined space of time, to determine how offensive, adventurous or exciting something is, on a scale of one to ten. This may also include other words, such as the noun 'arse', the verb 'to tan' and other, miscellaneous invectives.

E.g.: The Sharpe episode "Sharpe's Waterloo" rates a nine on the Bugger-o-meter™.

With thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary (6th edition).

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