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definition

buggy turn noun

When a car driver unnecessarily swings out to the right before turning left (or the opposite in countries that drive on the wrong side)

Origin

A practice that would have been required when driving a horse-drawn vehicle that somehow persists despite perpetrators never having driven such a vehicle

Collector

Mark – 2010s
Mark Iliff – owner

Notes

The term is used pejoratively, and is not applied to drivers of large vehicles for which such manoeuvres are actually necessary

Submitted: 27/02/2026 by Mark

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