jiggered

jiggered
adj
a.
British
exhausted
b.
nonplussed, astonished. The usual form of words employed is 'I'll be jiggered!' as an exclamation of surprise on the pattern of 'I'll be blowed!' or 'I'll be damned!'.
Jiggered in both the above senses proba-bly originated as a 19th-century euphe-mism for buggered.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • jiggered — Scottish Vernacular Dictionary Anything from exhausted to being confounded Ah m that jiggered ah could nae get a stonner if a Senga wi big diddies wis tae gie me a gammy …   English dialects glossary

  • jiggered — adjective Brit. informal damaged, broken, or exhausted. Phrases I ll be jiggered expressing astonishment. Origin C19: from jigger1; prob. euphemism for buggered …   English new terms dictionary

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  • jiggered — Adj. 1. Confounded. Heard in the rather archaic exclamation, I ll be jiggered! Informal 2. Worn out, exhausted …   English slang and colloquialisms

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