Kaput vs Buggered - What's the difference?
kaput | buggered | Synonyms |
(slang) Out of order; not working; broken.
* 1998 , Saving Private Ryan
(slang) Broken; not properly functioning.
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, title=Whitby bands - opinions needed, group=uk.people.gothic, author=GothPat, date=September 11, year=1997
, passage=One of the bands that caused my knee to get even more buggered at the last Epitapth (from too much dancing).
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, title=GST is not the answer., group=aus.politics, author=Michael Simons, date=October 4, year=1998
, passage=I'm sorry, but the tax system is more buggered than that...
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, title=Problem With Alpine CD Head unit, group=uk.rec.audio.car, author=Paul, date=October 31, year=1999
, passage=I used to have the unit istalled in a renault 5 in a vertical postion, from which the unit was great - never skipped once even on the most buggered cd's i had and the worst roads i could find.
(slang) In trouble; in a bad situation.
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, title=Conspiracy hypotheses, group=ed.general, author=Tim Bradshaw, date=June 14, year=2011
, passage=If the banks go abroad we're even more buggered (in the short term, at least, and politicians work pretty much by gradient descent) than if they don't.
(UK, Australia, NZ, slang) Tired, worn-out, exhausted.
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, title=737 Cabin Altitude, group=aus.aviation, author=Martin Taylor, date=January 9, year=1998
, passage=I am not sure why, but I'm more buggered after I get to the US than I am when I return home. I think it has a lot to do with it being easier to align my sleeping patterns with flying in to Oz during the night (arriving early morning), than it is flying into the US and landing at 10 pm at night.
(bugger)
Kaput is a synonym of buggered.
In context|slang|lang=en terms the difference between kaput and buggered
is that kaput is (slang) out of order; not working; broken while buggered is (slang) in trouble; in a bad situation.As adjectives the difference between kaput and buggered
is that kaput is (slang) out of order; not working; broken while buggered is (slang) broken; not properly functioning.As a verb buggered is
(bugger).kaput
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Alternative forms
* kaputtAdjective
(-)- My car is kaput.
- His career is kaput.
- Her marriage is kaput.
- German propaganda loudspeaker:'' (...) The Statue of Liberty is KAPUT'''.
''Captain Miller:'' "The Statue of Liberty is ' kaput " – huh, that's disconcerting.
buggered
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Your telly is buggered , best get it fixed.
- It's well and truly buggered now; you may as well throw it out.
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- The police caught you on CCTV, now you're really buggered .
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- You'll have to take over from here, mate, I'm completely buggered .
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