In the UK, and in Australia, New Zealand, and most of the British Empire, the word "bugger" or "buggar" is part of many terms which basically means messed up or useless.
(It has nothing to do with anything sexual), but may come from the Anglo-Norman bougre, bowgard, bouguer - something to do with Heretics in the 11th C.
Children are commonly and mostly affectionately called "little buggers,
Doing something ineffectually is "buggering about".
Nothing, or nothing you can do is "bugger all"
Bugger me - means "Oh my!"
Bugger's muddle means a mess or group of disorderly people.
My father used it all the time as a greeting "How are you, you old bugger!" - only used to close friends.
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