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bugly en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Blend of butt + ugly.

Meanings

1. (slang) Exceptionally ugly.
   • She has immense white teeth that snap, and a bugly bonnet, with one dismal ostrich feather wobbling sternly on end. 1896, David Macbeth Moir, Conjugal Amenities:
   • “For every ugly there's a bugly.” She smiled. 2010, Denise Mina, Still Midnight:
   • I have never seen such a bugly guy in my life! 2000, Richard Spears, NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions:

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