bollocks

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The Independent has, by and large, an upstanding, intelligent readership who refrain from leaving incoherent comments that largely feature the word "bollocks" - but, should that state of affairs ever change, a chap called Chris Finke may have come up with the antidote.

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  • And if you don't know how to question these things, or you want a few extra tools in your toolbox to help you differentiate the science from the bollocks-with-big-words-in, then —  ThePickards
  • Last week whilst having his arse bountifully licked and stroked by the laughable infantile turds like the Benn baby representing Haselmere on Sea or wherever, Brown said "the voters will suspend judgement whilst we're in a recession" - bollocks - this country needs a regime change now for the following reasons: - —  British Blogs
  • The talk about local flexibility, and patient centeredness and other such bollocks is the mood music. —  Dr Rant
  • It's bollocks, of course. —  Shiraz Socialist
  • And what the bollocks is wrong with Scunthorpe? —  Irish Blogs
 

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  1. Middle English balloks; see bollix.
 

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