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bugging me

Date: Jul 21 2004

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“Everyone’s been bugging me for the title, but yesterday I decided I would call it The Cure.”
-Robert Smith in an online article with _Spin Magazine’s *_Marc Spitz

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

when someone is bugging you for something, he is repeatedly trying to get it from you; some other good words for this are pestering, bothering or trying hard to get

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

The last time I went out on a date, my friends kept on bugging me to give them details. I’m a pretty private person, so I told them all to stop bugging me about it. They did finally stop bugging me and now I don’t feel so much pressure.

Examples

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””My boyfriend was bugging me for years to go out with him when we first met. Now we are really close that I can’t believe I waited so long to say yes!”“

””Jake is always bugging Joe to tell him about his dates. He should just find a girlfriend for himself.”“

””You are always bugging me to tell you about my shows, but when I tell you about them, you never come! What is up with that?”“

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

“bugging me” means preesing me for some information , persistenly and maybe annoyingly
by Linh (Singapore, Singapore)
What Robert Smith meant when he said “bugging me” was that he was being annoyed or pestered.
by Jaya (Manila, Philippines)
I think it means “disturbing me” I got it?!!!!
by patricia (viçosa, brasil)
bug someone for sth : It means managing to know something about sth by ask someone or by any else way .
by wang (xiamen, China)
annoying
by ivy (penang, malaysia)
it may mean..insist on changing one’s opinion ,decide..or trying to persuade him accept your offer?
by Ogün (samsun, Turkey!...)
if you’re bugging someone you’re bothering him or annoying him.
by valeria (Tempio , Italia)
If someone or something bugs you, they bother or worry you.
by Matilda (Taipei, ROC)
In that context, to bug, means the same as trying to persuade. Someone is trying to influence Rob in his decision.
by André (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Bugging me is the same that boring me
by tatiana (harwich port, usa)
“Bug” means something that annoys you very much.
by Graciela (Três Lagoas, Brazil)
means bothering me, making me fell so bored that I would like to stop it as fast as I can.
by cynthia (toronto, Canada)
means bothering me, making me fell so bored that I would like to stop it as fast as I can.
by cynthia (toronto, Canada)
I think the meaning is weakness.
by dong (daqing, china)
To persuade or to sugggest someone to do something
by nay (, Thailand)
it means to disturb someone`s mind.
In this example it most likely means to bother what he`s thinking about by himself.
by Shirley (hangzhou, China)
It means that somebody is bothered by unfavorite person or subject.
by eric (Beijing, China)
to make sb angry by repeating some request or question.
by Heniek (Bielsko, Poland)
annoying or bothering
by Monika (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
to make suggestions for sth.
by Ali Ekrem (Mugla, Turkiye)
bothering someone; irritating someone
by Seunghyun “Robin” (Seoul, Korea (South))
bugging sb means trouble someone or be pain on the neck.e.g.Oh mike stop bugging me.
by Emily (Qinhuangdao, China)
It means that something or someone keeps on troubling you. A kind of actions repeatedly happen.
by emily (, Hong Kong SAR, China)
bugging me means give suggestions to me
by charmingbear (wuhan, china)
suggest
by yu (hk, china)
to annoy someone
by Kaewta (Bangkok, Thailand)
i think it means trouble sb. with sth..
by cinderella (kunming, china)
say bad thýngs or complaints to someone
by ELÝF (istanbul, turkýye)
change another one
by bill (Beijing, China)
to bug someone means to annoy or disturb someone
by paco (Richmond, Canada)
Bugging means asking,disturbing sb.again and again,just like a little bug was biting you here and there on your body.:-. So you would know what “bugging me” means.
by linda (SZ, China)
It means that people always keeps disturbing and asking someone about only one question which makes someone almost crazy!
by flowingwind (China)
Bug here means to annoy, bother. Don’t bug me, I am trying to study.
by Sherry (ShenZhen, China)
To be worried about or by something.
by DALTRO (LAGES – SC., BRAZIL)