How do you use "Buggy" in a sentence?

Grab a buggy on the way in — we need a lot of stuff today. Someone left their buggy right in the middle of the parking lot. My buggy had a wobbly wheel the whole time I was shopping.

Buggy

Q: What does "Buggy" mean?

A shopping cart at a grocery store. In the South, the thing you push around at the grocery store is a 'buggy,' not a 'shopping cart' or 'cart.' This is one of the most reliable markers of Southern speech and a perennial topic in regional dialect surveys. The line between 'buggy' and 'cart' territory runs roughly along the Mason-Dixon line.

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Meaning: A shopping cart at a grocery store.

超市里的购物车。

Un carrito de la compra en el supermercado.

スーパーマーケットのショッピングカート。

슈퍼마켓의 쇼핑 카트.

In the South, the thing you push around at the grocery store is a 'buggy,' not a 'shopping cart' or 'cart.' This is one of the most reliable markers of Southern speech and a perennial topic in regional dialect surveys. The line between 'buggy' and 'cart' territory runs roughly along the Mason-Dixon line.

在南方，你在超市里推着逛的那个东西叫'buggy'，而不是'shopping cart'或'cart'。这是最能辨别南方口音的标志之一，也是地区方言调查中的经典话题。'buggy'和'cart'的分界线大致沿梅森-迪克森线分布。

En el sur de EE. UU., al carrito que empujas por el supermercado se le llama 'buggy', no 'shopping cart' ni 'cart'. Es uno de los marcadores más fiables del habla sureña y un tema recurrente en las encuestas sobre dialectos regionales. La frontera entre la zona de 'buggy' y la de 'cart' coincide aproximadamente con la línea Mason-Dixon.

南部では、スーパーマーケットで押して歩くあれは「shopping cart」ではなく「buggy」と呼ぶ。これは南部訛りを見分ける最も確実な指標のひとつで、地域方言調査で定番のテーマ。「buggy」と「cart」の境界線はおおよそメイソン＝ディクソン線に沿って走る。

남부에서는 슈퍼마켓에서 밀고 다니는 것을 'shopping cart'가 아닌 'buggy'라고 부른다. 이것은 남부 말투를 가장 확실하게 알아볼 수 있는 표지 중 하나이며, 지역 방언 조사에서 단골 주제이다. 'Buggy'와 'cart' 영역의 경계는 대략 메이슨-딕슨 라인을 따라 나뉜다.

Examples

Grab a buggy on the way in — we need a lot of stuff today.
进去的时候推一辆购物车——今天要买好多东西。
Coge un carrito al entrar — hoy tenemos que comprar un montón de cosas.
入る時にカート取ってきて——今日はたくさん買うものがあるから。
들어갈 때 카트 하나 챙겨 — 오늘 살 게 많아.
Someone left their buggy right in the middle of the parking lot.
有人把购物车扔在停车场正中间了。
Alguien ha dejado su carrito en medio del aparcamiento.
誰か駐車場の真ん中にカートを放置してるよ。
누가 주차장 한가운데에 카트를 그냥 놔뒀네.
My buggy had a wobbly wheel the whole time I was shopping.
我购物的时候那辆购物车的轮子一直咯吱咯吱响。
Mi carrito tenía una rueda que no paraba de temblar durante toda la compra.
買い物中ずっとカートの車輪がガタガタだったんだよ。
쇼핑하는 내내 카트 바퀴가 덜컹거렸어.

Pronunciation

Usage Guide

Context: grocery shopping, daily errands

Tone: casual, everyday

✓ Do Say

Go get a buggy.
去推一辆购物车。
Ve a buscar un carrito.
カート取ってきて。
카트 가져와.
Put it in the buggy.
放购物车里吧。
Ponlo en el carrito.
カートに入れといて。
카트에 넣어.

✗ Don't Say

Don't say 'buggy' outside the South unless you want confused looks — say 'cart' or 'shopping cart'
在南方以外不要说'buggy'，否则别人会一脸困惑——应该说'cart'或'shopping cart'
No digas 'buggy' fuera del sur si no quieres miradas de confusión — di 'cart' o 'shopping cart'
南部以外で「buggy」と言うと怪訝な顔をされる——「cart」か「shopping cart」と言うこと
남부 밖에서는 buggy라고 하지 말 것 — 어리둥절한 반응을 받게 된다. 'Cart'나 'shopping cart'라고 하자

Origin & History

From the horse-drawn buggy. When wheeled shopping carts were introduced in the 1930s, Southerners called them buggies because of the resemblance to the familiar small carriages. The name stuck even as the original buggies disappeared.

Cultural Context

Era: Traditional

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal

Regional notes: Deep South, especially Georgia, Alabama, Carolinas