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buggeration, n. and int. colloq. (orig. and chiefly Brit.).
Brit. |ˌbʌgəˈreɪʃn|, U.S. |ˌbəgəˈreɪʃ(ə)n|
[‹ bugger v. + -ation suffix, probably partly after botheration n.]
A. n. Annoyance, inconvenience, confusion. Earliest and freq. in buggeration factor n. orig. Mil. (the extent of) complication or difficulty besetting a particular course of action, ruefully considered inevitable; (also) a cause of such difficulty.
1966A. Prior Operators xv. 225 In his flying days the crews had had a phrase for such an occasion that could make a nonsense of any Op... They had called it the buggeration factor. 1984J. Malcolm Small Room in Somers Town xiv. 116 Sheer buggeration of relationships is outstanding on the telephone. 1985Traditional Homes Nov. 3 Our builder took pains to point out..‘you have to add a buggeration factor which is usually about 25 per cent.’ 1990A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army (1991) xiv. 201 The only advantage of the large-scale FTX [formation training exercise]..is that it imposes realistic buggeration factors on the staff. 2001Evening Standard (Nexis) 7 Sept. 38 It means more buggeration for small businesses.
B. int. Expressing anger, annoyance, or frustration: ‘damn’, ‘hell’, ‘blast’.
1984J. Green Dict. Contemp. Slang 36 Buggeration!, general excl[amation] of annoyance. 1990E. Blair Maggie Jordan (BNC) 35 He groped in a pocket and pulled out a now useless packet of cigarettes. ‘Buggeration!’ he swore, and tossed the packet onto the lapping water. 1993V. Sage Mirror for Larks 406 She heard Noel say ‘Buggeration!’ and put her head round the corner to ask what it was. 1997D. Hansen Sole Survivor xiv. 159 Mickey skimmed through the note and slammed it down on his desk. ‘Buggeration!’ he screamed. |