As hot as buggery

Sometimes you use a term so commonly, you don't even think about it....

The Aussie term "Hot as buggery" is one of those. Any time you ask someone what it's like outside on a summer's day - the most common response is "hot as buggery"...

It is only today that I thought to myself "Why is buggery so hot?"...

If anyone has any idea as to the origins of this term I'd love to hear it...

It reeks of convict origin, but then again it may be a more recent term. Either way I'd love to hear any theories...

[The way I hear it (USA, midwestern, mostly urban), on a cold day you can be freezing like a muh-fuh; then on a hot day you can be sweating like a muh-fuh. You can stand there like a muh-fuh, but if I get my gun you'll run like a muh-fuh. Here in the US 'bugger' and 'buggery' are not common terms; if they were they might serve this turn. What any of it means - not much. It's emotive - profane for profanity's sake - a social bonding signal or status marker; a simple pleasure; a vicious habit. - Bac.]

I have also heard "hotter than a bastard", also meaningless in itself. Could it be that people originally started by saying "hot as hell" which actually makes sense, and over the years forgot that it was a real metaphor and only thought of "hell" as a mild swearword? In which case there would be no reason not to substitute any other swearword that took your fancy. (VSD)

Hot as all getout used to be a common phrase. Like the others, I guess the simile was as meaningful as all getout.
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