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- noun UK, military, slang Any
obstacle (natural or artificial) that gets in the way of progress
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Examples
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"embuggerance" to describe his Alzheimer's - and from Fay Weldon who's written over 20 novels:
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Tony Heugh is this video up anywhere else? region restrictions are an embuggerance.
THR’s Filmmaker Roundtable: Cameron, Jackson, Reitman, Tarantino, Bigelow and Daniels | /Film 2009
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The fact that they were Americans is besides the point - to Khadr, it wouldn't have mattered who the 'enemy' were - NATO/ISAF, the US, The British Empire and remember we had 3 Anglo-Afghan Wars prior to the current unpleasantness or the Soviet Union - they're all just seen as the same embuggerance to be ejected by all and any means.
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LONDON (AFP) — British science fiction and fantasy author Terry Pratchett said Thursday he has a rare form of Alzheimer's disease, describing the diagnosis as "an embuggerance".
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LONDON (AFP) — British science fiction and fantasy author Terry Pratchett said Thursday he has a rare form of Alzheimer's disease, describing the diagnosis as "an embuggerance".
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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For a moment there I thought ‘embuggerance’ had something to do with the Apostles Cambridge branch.
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He describes it as `an embuggerance,' which is a great deal more polite than I would be.
December 12th, 2007 2007
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An embuggerance, then, is an instance of trouble or interference so caused.
Marcos Craps His Pants! Alleged Sandy Wells Attacker Arrested 2006
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We were sleeping with most of our kit on anyway, but it was a major embuggerance to have to pull on your boots, flak jacket, and helmet and leg it down to the slit trenches.
Bravo-Two-Zero McNab, Andy 1993
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It didn't matter for them: the course was just a three-week embuggerance, and then they'd go home for tea and medals.
Bravo-Two-Zero McNab, Andy 1993
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