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单词 buggeration
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buggerationn.int.

Brit. /ˌbʌɡəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌbəɡəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bugger v., -ation suffix.
Etymology: < bugger v. + -ation suffix, probably after botheration n.
slang and colloquial (chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand).
A. n.
1. like buggeration: used to indicate extremity or intensity. Cf. buggery n. and adj. Phrases 3. rare.
ΚΠ
1890 W. E. Henley Let. 15 Oct. in Lett. W. E. Henley to C. Whibley (2013) I. 164 The Gospel of Twaddle..is in your best & neatest vein, & will make Cook sit up like buggeration.
1987 S. Evans Seasonal Tribal Feasts iv. 164 They all care like buggeration.
2. Annoyance, frustration; utter confusion. Also: a cause or source of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun]
brabbling1530
confusion1530
ruffle1533
pell-mellc1586
confusedness1587
huddle1606
Babel confusion1653
promiscuity1663
hugger-mugger1674
promiscuousness1676
clutter1692
jumblement1706
muddle1808
embranglement1826
mare's nest1837
muddlement1857
muddledom1891
muddliness1891
mêlée1895
mix-up1898
huddledom1923
buggeration1962
mixed-upness1967
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoyance or vexation
teenOE
dretchinga1050
taryingnessa1300
annoyc1300
dretch?13..
noyc1330
unquertc1390
noyinga1398
nuisancec1400
unsoundc1400
noisance1421
annuisancec1440
discumbrancea1500
noymentc1503
cumber?a1513
molesting1523
tary1528
irk1570
pester1581
incommodation1664
fasha1796
all-overs1893
buggeration1962
wind-up1984
1962 D. Jones Let. 11 Apr. in Anglo-Welsh Rev. Spring (1975) 32 It is this ‘break’ with the whole extremely complex, cultural, religious and linguistic tradition that is the real buggeration for those of us who while able only to use English have our deepest roots..in the Welsh past.
1984 J. Malcolm Small Room in Somers Town xiv. 116 Sheer buggeration of relationships is outstanding on the telephone.
2001 Evening Standard (Nexis) 7 Sept. 38 It means more buggeration for small businesses.
2009 Times (Nexis) 4 July 19 In the total buggeration into which the world's help for Afghanistan has now descended, it's important not to know too much.
B. int.
Expressing anger, annoyance, or frustration. Cf. damnation n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations
woeOE
dahetc1290
confoundc1330
foul (also shame) fall ——c1330
sorrow on——c1330
in the wanianda1352
wildfirea1375
evil theedomc1386
a pestilence on (also upon)c1390
woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390
maldathaita1400
murrainc1400
out ona1415
in the wild waning worldc1485
vengeance?a1500
in a wanion1549
with a wanion1549
woe worth1553
a plague on——a1566
with a wanion to?c1570
with a wanyand1570
bot1584
maugre1590
poxa1592
death1593
rot1594
rot on1595
cancro1597
pax1604
pize on (also upon)1605
vild1605
peascod1606
cargo1607
confusion1608
perditiona1616
(a) pest upon1632
deuce1651
stap my vitals1697
strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697
stop my vitals1699
split me (or my windpipe)1700
rabbit1701
consume1756
capot me!1760
nick me!1760
weary set1788
rats1816
bad cess to1859
curse1885
hanged1887
buggeration1964
1964 W. Crump McDunnit Dunnit xv. 167 Harriet's mother wrote, saying she would be coming to Auckland next week... ‘Confoundation and buggeration! Shoot a letter back immediately and tell her that we'll be shifting from here.’
1971 I. Curteis Last Enemy in Long Voy. out of War 228 (He steps on toy plane) Oh blast and bloody buggeration.
1990 E. 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.
2009 E. Wyld After Fire, Still Small Voice (2010) v. 89 Inspecting the firing mechanism on a civil-war cannon, he put his hand up to his face and said loudly, ‘Buggeration’.

Compounds

buggeration factor n. originally Military (the extent of) complication or difficulty involved in a particular course of action, often ruefully considered as inevitable; (also) a cause of such complication or difficulty.
ΚΠ
1966 A. 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.
1985 Trad. Homes Nov. 3 Our builder took pains to point out..‘you have to add a buggeration factor which is usually about 25 per cent.’
1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xv. 164 The only advantage of the large-scale FTX [formation training exercise]..is that it imposes realistic buggeration factors on the staff.
2015 Times (Nexis) 13 Mar. 15 David Cameron has complained of the ‘buggeration factor’ of trying to push through policies while in office.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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