Meaning & use
Buggered
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(British informal) Extremely tired or exhausted; also used to describe something broken, ruined, or in a hopeless state.
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After digging the whole garden by hand, I was absolutely buggered.
The old printer's buggered again — it jams every time.
A note on using this word
This is a mild vulgarism in British and Australian informal speech; though historically derived from a coarse term, in everyday use it simply means "worn out" or "malfunctioning" and is considered impolite rather than shocking.
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