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əks noun
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( used with a singular or plural verb ) British Vulgar. rubbish; nonsense; claptrap (often used interjectionally).
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bollocks, slang (US) ballocks or slang (US) bollix (ˈbɒləks, ˈbɒlɪks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | See testicle another word for testicles |
| 2. | nonsense; rubbish |
| —interj | |
| 3. | an exclamation of annoyance, disbelief, etc |
| 4. | the bollocks, the dog's bollocks something excellent |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to muddle or botch |
| usage Both its anatomical senses and its various extended senses nowadays have far less impact than they used to, and seem unlikely to cause offence, though some older or more conservative people may object. The fact that shops displaying the Sex Pistols' album containing this word were charged with offences defined in 19th-century Indecent Advertisement and Vagrancy Acts now seems hard to credit | |
| ballocks, slang (US) ballocks or slang (US) bollix | |
| —pl n | |
| —interj | |
| —vb | |
| usage Both its anatomical senses and its various extended senses nowadays have far less impact than they used to, and seem unlikely to cause offence, though some older or more conservative people may object. The fact that shops displaying the Sex Pistols' album containing this word were charged with offences defined in 19th-century Indecent Advertisement and Vagrancy Acts now seems hard to credit | |
| bollix, slang (US) ballocks or slang (US) bollix | |
| —pl n | |
| —interj | |
| —vb | |
| usage Both its anatomical senses and its various extended senses nowadays have far less impact than they used to, and seem unlikely to cause offence, though some older or more conservative people may object. The fact that shops displaying the Sex Pistols' album containing this word were charged with offences defined in 19th-century Indecent Advertisement and Vagrancy Acts now seems hard to credit | |
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Bollocks
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Word Origin & History
bollocks
"testicles," 1744, see bollix. In British slang, as an ejaculation meaning "nonsense," recorded from 1919.
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