Punk vs Bugger - What's the difference?

punk | bugger |

As nouns the difference between punk and bugger

is that punk is punk rock while bugger is bloke, fellow, chap.

punk

English

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from the application of the sense

Noun

(obsolete, countable) A prostitute; courtezan.

* , V.i.

My lord, she may be a punk ; for many of them are neither maid, widow, nor wife.

* 1663 : .

And made them fight, like mad or drunk,
For Dame Religion, as for punk .

(countable, uncommon) The bottom in a male-male sexual relationship, especially in prison.

Because he was so weak, Vinny soon became Tony's punk .

* 1946 , Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues , Payback Press 1999, p. 15:

A punk , if you want it in plain English, is a boy with smooth skin who takes the place of a woman in a jailbird's love life.

(countable) A juvenile delinquent; a young, petty criminal or trouble-maker; a hoodlum; a hooligan.

(countable) Any worthless person.

* 1971 ,

I know what you're thinking, punk'. You're thinking, "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, I've forgotten myself in all this excitement. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? / Well, do ya, ' punk ?

(uncountable) A social and musical movement rooted in rebelling against the established order.

(uncountable) The music of the punk movement, known for short songs with electric guitars, strong drums, and a direct, unproduced approach.

(countable, sometimes as informal plural punx) A person who belongs to that movement and/or listens to that music, a punk rocker.

Usage notes

The most common use of the term is in the term punk rock (for a certain social and musical movement). In the UK, this is the only common usage.

Adjective

(er)

Of, from, or resembling the subculture.

''You look very punk with your t-shirt, piercing and chains.

Verb

(en verb)

To pimp.

Tony punked-out Vinny when he was low on smokes.

To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner.

Ricky punked his new cell-mates.

To prank.

I got expelled when I punked the principal.

To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.

Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute.

Usage notes

The relatively tame 21st century usage of punk'' to mean "prank" was popularized by the American television show . Until as recently as the late 20th century, ''punk'' still connoted rape or submitting to anal rape (''punk-out''). The second use of the term ''punk-out'' is now comparable to acting like a ''pussy and mildly implies submissive behavior in general.

Synonyms

* see

Derived terms

* cyberpunk * post-punk * protopunk * punk music * punk rock * punkabilly * punker * punkette * punkish * punkling * punkster * punky * ska punk

Etymology 2

Perhaps a reduction of Lenape Talking Dictionary'', punkw.Robert K. Barnhart (editor), ''The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology'' (H. W. Wilson, 1988), page 864: "Probably borrowed from Algonquian (Delaware) ''ponk , literally, living ashes."

Noun

(uncountable) Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood, but especially wood altered by certain fungi.

* 1899 , H. B. Cushman, History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians , page 271:

On one occasion a venerable old Indian man, who, in order to light his pipe, was trying to catch a spark upon a piece of punk struck from his flint and steel; ...

* 1922 , Harry Ignatius Marshall, The Karen People of Burma , page 61:

The oil is mixed with bits of dry wood or punk and moulded into sticks about a cubit long and an inch in diameter by putting it into joints of small bamboo.

* 2001 , William W. Johnstone, War of the Mountain Man , page 116:

He made him a little smoldering pocket of punk to light the fuses and waited.

(countable) A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.

* 1907 , Jack London, The Road , [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14658]:

On the end a coal of fire slowly smouldered. It would last for hours, and my cell-mate called it a "punk ."

* 1994 , Ashland Price, Viking Tempest , page 353:

Then, without another word, he rose and left the shelter, apparently in order to light the vessel's wick with a punk from the dying campfire.

* 2004 , Shawn Shiflett, Hidden Place , page 221:

He raised the cylinder high in the air with his bare hand, used a punk to light the fuse, and KABOOM !

References

English words with different meanings in different locations ----

bugger

English

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A heretic.

Someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.

The British Sexual Offences Act of 1967 is a buggers ? charter. (see Are judges politically correct?)

(slang, pejorative, UK, Australian, NZ) A foolish or worthless person or thing; a despicable person.

''He's a silly bugger for losing his keys.

The bugger ?s given me the wrong change.

My computer's being a bit of a bugger .

* 1928 , Frank Parker Day, Rockbound , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0500721h,

“I?ll take it out on dat young bugger ,” he thought viciously.

* 1947 , James Hilton, So Well Remembered , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0600371h,

Here the cheers and shouts of the gallery were interrupted by a shabby little man in the back row who yelled out with piercing distinctness: “Don't matter what you call ?im now, George. The bugger ?s dead.”

(slang, UK, Australian, NZ) A situation that causes dismay.

So you're stuck out in woop-woop and the next train back is Thursday next week. Well, that's a bit of a bugger .

(slang, UK, Australian, NZ) Someone viewed with affection; a chap.

How are you, you old bugger ?

* 1946 , Olaf Stapledon, Arms Out of Hand'', in ''Collected Stories , Gutenberg Australia eBook #0601341,

Good luck, you old bugger !

* 1953 February-March, , Gutenberg eBook #18346],

“And if Pelton found out that his kids are Literates—Woooo! ” Cardon grimaced. “Or what we've been doing to him. I hope I?m not around when that happens. I?m beginning to like the cantankerous old bugger .”

(slang, dated) A damn, anything at all.

I don't give a bugger how important you think it is.

(slang, British) Someone who is very fond of something

I'm a bugger for Welsh cakes.

(slang, USA - West) A rough synonym for whippersnapper.

What is that little bugger up to now?

Derived terms

* bugger factor

Verb

(en verb)

(vulgar, British) To sodomize.

To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore (Attributed to Harry Mclintock's 1920s era )

To break or ruin.

This computer is buggered'''! Oh no! I've '''buggered it up.

(slang, British, Australian, NZ) To be surprised.

Bugger''' me sideways! '''Bugger''' me, here's my bus. Well, I'm '''buggered !

(slang, British, Australian, NZ) To feel contempt for some person or thing.

Bugger Bognor. (Alleged to be the last words of king George V of the United Kingdom in response to a suggestion that he might recover from his illness and visit Bognor Regis.)

(slang, British, Australian, NZ) To feel frustration with something, or to consider that something is futile.

Bugger''' this for a lark. '''Bugger this for a game of soldiers.

(slang, British, Australian, NZ) To be fatigued.

I'm buggered from all that walking.

Derived terms

* bagarapim (Pidgin, derived from bugger up ) * bugger off * bugger up * bugger that for a joke * buggerer(s) * buggery * bugger all * play silly buggers

Interjection

(en interjection)

(slang, British, Australia, New Zealand, coarse) An expression of annoyance or displeasure.

Bugger , I've missed the bus.

Oh, bugger --

(slang, US, euphemistic, rare) Cutesy expression of very mild annoyance.

Synonyms

* bummer * damn * whoops * See also

External links

* The Origins and Common Usage of British swear-words