| 单词 | buggeration factor |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuggeration factor 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. < as lemmas |
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