What it means
Buggy is the everyday British word for a baby's pushchair, usually the lighter fold-up kind rather than a big pram. You'll hear it all the time on school runs, buses, trains, and in the boot of the car. In the US, buggy often means a shopping cart, so the meaning shifts depending on where you are.
Usage examples
"Hold the lift, mate, I've got the nappy bag and the buggy won't fold properly, and this station's got stairs everywhere today."
"The lift at the station was out of order again, I had to carry the buggy with the toddler still strapped in up two flights of stairs while juggling the nursery bag."
"Mum new buggy folds with one hand which is genuinely revolutionary, the old one needed two adults and a swear word every time we got back to the car."
"Can you grab the buggy while I sort his coat, he's gone fully boneless in the middle of Tesco."
"We can't get the buggy through that café door, it's tiny in there, so one of us is staying outside with the baby."
Where it comes from
Buggy goes back to the late 18th century, first meaning a light horse-drawn carriage in English. It later got used for small motor vehicles too. In British English, it settled into the baby-transport lane for a light pushchair, while in parts of North America it wandered off and stuck to shopping carts.
