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noun

• an undesired aspect of something that causes it to exhibit an unwanted response in a particular situation.

  When I switch my car into 4-wheel drive, the Bluetooth connection no longer works. It must be some weird bug.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.
  • See more words with the same meaning: broken.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 13 2009.

• the underlying source of that undesired aspect.

  I know WinZip crashes when you try to validate an archive. I've been looking for the bug for over an hour, but I think I've narrowed down where it can be in the source code.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 04 2011.

verb - ambitransitive

• to pester or annoy.

  Why do you keep bugging me? Go away.

  That creep won't stop buggin'.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to annoy, interfere, intrude.

  Last edited on Dec 22 2010. Submitted by Tara from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Feb 07 2003.

verb - intransitive

• to joke; KID.

  Ya buggin'.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to joke, kid, or jest.

  Last edited on Jul 27 2005. Submitted by Nelli M. on Jul 27 2005.

• to be extremely excited.

  I'm buggin'!

  • See more words with the same meaning: excited, energetic.

  Last edited on May 10 2007. Submitted by Wendy R. from Dallas, TX 75231, USA on May 10 2007.

• to react with extreme emotion; "freak out".

  I was bugging after she got home.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out.

  Last edited on Mar 11 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 28 2008.

origin

• For more information about the "undesired aspect" meaning, see the "Etymology" section of the "Software bug" article on Wikipedia.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 13 2009.

adjective

• so compatible that even the known bugs of product A were replicated in the "bug-for-bug compatible" product B. Since software often relies on bugs (or undocumented behavior) in order to function properly, retaining these bugs is sometimes important.

  To load Word files correctly, we have to be bug-for-bug compatible with Microsoft Office.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Oct 09 2012. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.