Editing Bugger (section)

=== Noun ===
In some [[English speaking]] communities the word has been in use traditionally without any profane connotations. For instance, within the [[Anglo-Indian]] community in India the word ''bugger'' has been in use, in an affectionate manner, to address or refer to a close friend or fellow schoolmate. In the United States it can be a rough synonym to [[wikt:whippersnapper|whippersnapper]] as in calling a young boy a "little bugger".<ref>For an example of this inoffensive usage, see [http://www.gigglepoetry.com/autobiography/autobio.html "A Partially True Autobiography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328190725/http://www.gigglepoetry.com/autobiography/autobio.html |date=2009-03-28 }} by Bruce Lansky</ref>

In 1978, [[Mr Justice]] [[Sir Melford Stevenson]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] was reprimanded for calling the British [[Sexual Offences Act 1967]] a "buggers' charter".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3706939.stm|title=Are judges politically correct?|work=BBC News|first=Finlo|last=Rohrer|date=12 May 2004|quote=The well-known judge was once reprimanded by the lord chancellor for calling the Sexual Offences Act 1967 a "buggers' charter".}}</ref>