Converse of object

• play: The difference is, if car drivers want to play silly buggers with a 40 ton artic, that's up to them.

• get: Sorry to hear about your brush with Dundee's criminal fraternity; I'm sure they'll get the bugger eventually.

• do: I think Ill market my idea of NVQs you can achieve by doing bugger all!

Adjective modifier

• cheeky: I was then informed not to be a cheeky bugger.

• silly: The only problem is every silly bugger gets a say.

• daft: An open " get well soon, you daft bugger " to Ricky too.

• lazy: I, on the other hand, was a full scale lazy bugger.

• miserable: I know, I'm a miserable old bugger.

• greedy: Mike Hick -- Monday, 26 September 2005, at 12:38 p.m. Re: Greedy Buggers!

Modifying Another Word

• absolutely: Remember, he's done absolutely bugger all his entire life.

• all: In reality, Gothic 2 has bugger all to do with ' the dark side of the 80s ' .

• totally: Consignia Says: June 16th, 2006 at 1:54 pm Sorry, I totally buggered up the bit at the end.

• about: A third reason, or rather an existing gut-feeling, is called ' not wanting to be buggered about by Brussels ' .

• completely: Rose and Adam fled up a flight of stairs ( which we all know completely bugger Daleks ' plans for conquest ).

• then: Knowing my luck, the slabs will turn up, eat the lot, and then bugger off as I plonk my box down!

Followed by an intransitive particle

• off: Well they can bugger off then, can't they?

• around: And if India end up about 30 runs short of victory, they really will regret buggering around during the second session.

• up: For those of us who don't want to bugger up our stylus, what does the backward message on the single mean?

Followed by a transitive particle

• off: Now bugger off lads, more candy in a minute, OK?

Noun used with modifier

• rugger: Tim - 5, rugger buggers - 2. Tim gave an excellent talk.