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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 163. The verb phrase today is "bug
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off. " Okay. Let's look at the note here. If someone tells another person to bug off
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he or she is telling that person to go away, get lost , get out of here you know,
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etc. So remember when we say that it depends on who you're saying it to. If it's meant as
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a joke or if it's meant seriously. Sometimes it could be considered a little
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offensive or a little strong, depending upon who you're saying this to. Let's
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continue. This phrase seemed to start in the mid-1950s and is believed to derive
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from the British term "bugger off.' So in American English, we usually say bug off.
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Maybe the British may say bugger off. They say it was picked up as US Airforce
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slang during the Korean War and I guess the soldiers brought it back and, and I
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guess it caught on and became a more common phrase. Let's continue. Of course
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the idea alludes to shooing away like we say shoo, shoo. Get out of here.
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Shooing away a bug, especially mosquitoes, gnats, etc. It may sometimes be considered
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to be a little rude. Just like I said before or a little offensive. Okay. Anyway,
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let's take a look. We got three examples here. The first one. Stop playing here
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and making all this noise. Bug off. Yes. So again some adults may say this is
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to children sometimes. You might be able to speak down to children that way. Bug
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off. Get out of here. Don't bother us. Or number two. Bug off. There is no loitering
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in this area. This might be guard. You know, maybe maybe some people are hanging
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out and they're not there for any good purpose. Or maybe it's a homeless person
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you know, trying to be in a bus station or a train station maybe the guard is
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telling them to bug off. You got to go. You can't stay here. Or number three. She basically
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told us the bug off. She basically told us to get out of here. Go away. Okay.
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Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it I was clear. I hope it was enjoyable. Thank you
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for your time. Bye-bye.