"bugger factor" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-bugger factor.ogg [Australia] Forms: bugger factors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bugger factor (plural bugger factors)
  1. (slang, British) Sod's law or Murphy's law: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Tags: British, slang
    Sense id: en-bugger_factor-en-noun-4vRS5exT Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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