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Understanding the British.
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RE: Understanding the British.
Wikipedia is your friend.
REF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugger
wikipedia Wrote:Bugger is a slang word used in the vernacular British English, Irish English, Australian English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, South African English, Indian English, and occasionally also in Malaysian English, Scots and (rarely) American English. It is derived from Anglo-Norman bougre, which has also given the term buggery, a term originally used to describe either anal intercourse by a man with a man or woman,[1] or sexual intercourse by either a man or a woman with an animal.[2] Today, the term is a general-purpose expletive, used to imply dissatisfaction, or used to describe someone or something whose behaviour is in some way displeasing, though in general Australian and New Zealand English the expletive force has largely disappeared; the word there now has a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality.
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Understanding the British. - by Dotard - June 15, 2010 at 10:07 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Autumnlicious - June 15, 2010 at 11:24 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Loki_999 - June 16, 2010 at 1:42 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by fr0d0 - June 16, 2010 at 3:04 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by mem - June 16, 2010 at 3:42 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by WingedFoe - June 16, 2010 at 4:51 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by mem - June 16, 2010 at 5:51 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Pippy - June 16, 2010 at 4:03 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Loki_999 - June 16, 2010 at 4:21 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by padraic - June 16, 2010 at 6:45 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by mem - June 16, 2010 at 7:36 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by downbeatplumb - June 17, 2010 at 1:42 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Tiberius - June 16, 2010 at 7:42 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by fr0d0 - June 16, 2010 at 3:59 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by mem - June 16, 2010 at 8:03 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Caecilian - June 16, 2010 at 8:07 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Tiberius - June 16, 2010 at 8:09 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by padraic - June 16, 2010 at 8:28 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Caecilian - June 16, 2010 at 10:42 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by mem - June 16, 2010 at 12:15 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Dotard - June 17, 2010 at 12:51 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by padraic - June 17, 2010 at 9:27 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by The Omnissiunt One - June 24, 2010 at 3:05 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Pippy - June 21, 2010 at 10:37 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by padraic - June 22, 2010 at 3:22 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Ashendant - June 22, 2010 at 7:26 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Dotard - June 22, 2010 at 7:58 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Samson - June 23, 2010 at 3:18 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Dotard - June 23, 2010 at 9:16 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Samson - June 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Dotard - June 24, 2010 at 9:09 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Samson - June 25, 2010 at 2:13 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Ace Otana - June 24, 2010 at 3:31 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by The Omnissiunt One - June 24, 2010 at 3:43 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Ace Otana - June 24, 2010 at 3:58 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Samson - June 24, 2010 at 4:01 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Ace Otana - June 24, 2010 at 4:06 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by padraic - June 24, 2010 at 9:54 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Dotard - June 25, 2010 at 8:33 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Samson - June 25, 2010 at 2:41 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Dotard - June 26, 2010 at 12:23 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Pippy - June 26, 2010 at 8:12 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by padraic - June 28, 2010 at 4:48 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by fr0d0 - June 28, 2010 at 3:38 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Rhizomorph13 - June 28, 2010 at 5:38 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Loki_999 - June 30, 2010 at 1:59 am
RE: Understanding the British. - by Dotard - June 28, 2010 at 11:16 pm
RE: Understanding the British. - by Samson - June 30, 2010 at 12:42 am

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