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bol⋅lix

  [bol-iks]
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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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bol·lix also bol·lox   (bŏl'ĭks)   
tr.v.   bol·lixed also bol·loxed, bol·lix·ing also bol·lox·ing, bol·lix·es also bol·lox·es Informal
To throw into confusion; botch or bungle: managed to bollix up the whole project.

[Alteration of ballocks, testicles, from Middle English balloks, from Old English beallucas; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
bol'lix n.
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Word Origin & History

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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