Buggy
/ˈbʌɡi/noun
A light carriage or small wheeled vehicle, or something flawed or malfunctioning in informal use.
Did you know?The software sense of bug/buggy is much newer than people think; the older vehicle word likely comes from a dialectal English term for a light cart, not from insects.
Etymological Timeline
18th Century
English
buggy
“A light, usually one-horse carriage or cart.”
Late 18th Century
English
buggy
“A small, light vehicle for travel.”
19th Century
English
buggy
“A light, open carriage, especially in North America.”
20th Century
English
buggy
“Informally, containing bugs or glitches; malfunctioning.”