bugger off

interjection

Go away.

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

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Meanings

interjection
  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKcolloquialemphaticidiomaticvulgardismissalGo away.

    Synonyms: get lost

  2. CommonwealthIrelandUKcolloquialemphaticidiomaticvulgarAn expression of disagreement or disbelief.

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

    Synonyms: bollocks

verbbugger off (third-person singular simple present buggers off, present participle buggering off, simple past and past participle buggered off)

present singular third person buggers off · participle present buggering off · participle past buggered off · past buggered off

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKcolloquialemphaticidiomaticintransitivevulgarTo leave, go away, disappear.

    We tried to catch him, but he had already buggered off.

    Synonyms: depart, set out, sling one's hook

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionGo away.

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get lost

interjectionAn expression of disagreement or disbelief.

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bollocks

verbTo leave, go away, disappear.

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departset outsling one's hook
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fuck offscrew offbuzz offpiss offpull the other one

More synonyms by meaning

verbleave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

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scrambuzz offfuck offget
Broader
leavego forthgo away
Also see
beggar offbegger offbooger offbug offbullshitbuzz offbyechuckcome ondasheat a dickfuck offgetget in the seaget lostget stuffedgo awaygo onharumphleavepiss offrun outscramset offship outshoosod offsplittake a long walk on a short pier

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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”.

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Translations

Czech no neser
  • no neserexpression of disagreement or disbelief
French merde, putain
  • merdeexpression of disagreement or disbelief
  • putainexpression of disagreement or disbelief
  • punaiseexpression of disagreement or disbelief
  • flûteexpression of disagreement or disbelief
  • chiotteexpression of disagreement or disbelief
  • allez voir là-bas si j'y suisto leave, go away, disappear
  • déguerpirto leave, go away, disappear
  • foutre le campto leave, go away, disappear
  • décarrerto leave, go away, disappear
  • aller se rhabillerto leave, go away, disappear
  • aller chier dans sa caisseto leave, go away, disappear
German verziehen, verpissen
  • verziehento leave, go away, disappear
  • verpissento leave, go away, disappear
  • vom Acker machento leave, go away, disappear
Turkish siktir
  • siktirexpression of disagreement or disbelief
Cite this entry
APA

bugger off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bugger%20off

MLA

“bugger off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bugger%20off. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bugger off,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bugger%20off.

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