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bol⋅lix
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ɪks
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–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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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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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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