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bovvered

bovvered adjective: bothered; caring about something. Also the simple past and past participle of bovver.

Adjective

bovvered (comparative more bovvered, superlative most bovvered)

  1. (UK, informal) bothered; caring about something

Also used as

bovvered is also the simple past and past participle of bovver.

Forms of bovvered

comparativemore bovvered
superlativemost bovvered

Origin of bovvered

Imitating a working-class or uneducated pronunciation with th-fronting. Popularised as the catchphrase of the fictional Lauren Cooper in The Catherine Tate Show in the mid-2000s.

Words formed from bovvered

Questions about bovvered

What does bovvered mean?
Bovvered means bothered; caring about something.
What part of speech is bovvered?
Bovvered is an adjective.

Words near bovvered in the dictionary

  1. bovver boots
  2. bovver boy
  3. bovver boys
  4. bovver girl
  5. bovver girls
  6. bovvered
  7. bovvering
  8. bovvers
  9. bow
  10. bow and arrow
  11. bow and scrape

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