Silly Buggers

of british origin, often heard in british, canadian, australian and new zealand army units whjen referring to someone who behaves stupidly while in combat. sometimes the expression can also be used to refer to going off on exercises.
“oh, look! the silly b-gg-r has gone and gotten his -rs- shot off!” or, when referring to going on an exercise, “it looks like it’s time for us to go and play silly b-gg-r again.”
3 more definitions
british origin.
evolving from the term of abuse b-gg-r, meaning a sodomite or irritating person. to play ‘silly b-gg-rs’ is to generally act the fool, lark about, waste time or generally mess things up. as ill-strated by english band the bus station loonies song “playing silly b-gg-rs” (1995).
“they were too busy playing silly b-gg-rs to get the job completed in time”.
to act the fool. this is not a s-xual reference as one might -ssume.
“roono and rosier are playing silly b-gg-rs again”
1. act performed by politicians in the day to day business of pretending to govern.
2. employed in business sector to evoke questions of intellectual capacity, integrity and competence.
3. smart-alec behavior in any meeting format deemed useless.
went to a meeting at work today but everyone was just playing silly b-gg-r so i left early.
the minister of health was giving a press briefing but it turned out to just be a game of silly b-gg-r while dodging the press questions.
the telemarketer phoned at dinner so i played silly b-gg-r by giving them your information. hope you don’t mind.