Definitions
Etymologies
- The origin of pillock is believed to go back to the 16th century meaning penis from the Norwegian word pillicock, presumably akin to the slang dickhead meaning inept fool. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And i'm sooo pleased to discover that Ruddock the pillock is now Attorney-General.”
“Barry Porter, Tory MP for Wirral South, asked me to adjudicate on the use of the word 'pillock'.”
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“Dancing On Ice star Kieron Richardson has hit back at Jason Gardiner following reports that the outspoken judge had branded him a "pillock".”
“It might be too hard a task to find such a creature, and Ozzy may well have to play his younger self himself, screeching "bloody hell!" at the top of his voice and asking mater "Do you think I meant country matters?" and quaint use of "pillock" …”
“I heard on Five Live this morning some pillock arguing that the show was not suited to a recession and that Alan Sugar ought to change his catchphrase from "You're fired" to something more suitable for our difficult times.”
“Maybe I'm a pillock, but I'm going to imply here; judging by your title George, are you a Neil Young fan?”
“I felt a pillock for not getting 19a, but a bit better at knowing what Kaolin was never thought it would be useful though.”
“We decide who gets nicked and who gets it in the cells – its our job see pillock!!!! on September 18, 2009 at 8: 48 am eyes opened”
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“I but then the pillock of the year would probably make good Chief Constable Material.”
“And there's always a good time for annoying that pillock.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pillock’.
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UK - slang
chin wag, arse about, bollock, starkers, sweet Fanny Adams, skive, shufti, codswallop, rhyming slang, bollocks, nookie, skew-whiff and 208 more...
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End in -ock
Inspired by fbharjo (see spitchcock).
spitchcock, hillock, willock, peacock, pajock, penock, yapock, sycock, bittock, bawcock, burrock, cammock and 168 more...
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Unsavory characters
absconder, aretaloger, arriviste, avaunter, bamboozler, bandit, banger, barbarian, barmecide, barrator, beldam, blatherskite and 190 more...
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scoundrels and bastards
already several of these lists, but I wanted my own
varlet, scoundrel, slubberdegullion, bastard, hooligan, boor, churl, thug, cad, ne'er-do-well, miscreant, minx and 86 more...
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summerwing's Words
proctosigmoidoscopy, horrendous, cichlid, implode, nostalgic, firmament, elucidate, quintet, rhombus, mack, pithy, rambunctious and 304 more...
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Brinstar's Words
cobalt, obfuscate, archon, wii, sniper, arcane, celerity, visage, auspicious, ether, epidemic, lich and 138 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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kewpid's Words
moleskine, araldite, dessicate, cellar door, grotesque, fallacy, vendetta, raindrop, panacea, ethereal, hircus, treppenwitz and 446 more...
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A spoonful of sugar
Words I should learn/I want to learn/I just learned, with a quotation to help the medicine go down.
approbation, assuage, chicanery, abscond, effrontery, enervation, equivocate, ennui, aftertaste, filibuster, perfunctory, abide and 391 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Words!
expiate, litote, quixotic, expectorant, brakish, animadversion, militated, garish, rrulous, desiderate, desiderata, desideratum and 131 more...
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srboisvert's Words
couverture, poffertjes, naif, endermatic, prepense, aspic, otalgia, curettage,, florid, piffling, pillock, mow and 164 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1408 more...
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thou varlet!
insults that roll trippingly off the tongue
varlet, addlepated, knucklehead, schmuck, ignoramus, bedlamite, nincompoop, nitwit, knave, bungler, blockhead, galoot and 91 more...
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not for mixed company
sodding, git, trollop, bitch, sissy, bastard, strumpet, pillock, quack, scallywag, cad, minx and 23 more...
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Bill Bryson's Agreeable Words
These are words Mr. Bryson thinks sound especially nice, or are perfect for what they describe.
granola, globule, scrapie, snooze, chortle, clank, grasp, dribble, bloat, galoshes, pandemonium, transubstantiation and 18 more...
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