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bol⋅ix

  [bol-iks]
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–verb (used with object), noun
bollix.

bol⋅lix

  [bol-iks]
–verb (used with object) Informal.
1. to do (something) badly; bungle (often fol. by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
–noun
2. a confused bungle.
Also, bolix, bollox.

Origin:
1930–35; var. of ballocks
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bollix 
"bungle," respelling (euphemistic?) of bollocks, pl. of bollock "testicle," from O.E. beallucas "testicles," from P.Gmc. *ball-, from PIE *bhel- "to inflate, swell."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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