Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb to make a mess of.

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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bollock.
  • noun UK, vulgar The testicles (sometimes used in the singular)
  • noun UK, vulgar Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
  • noun Ireland, vulgar An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.
  • noun UK, vulgar A contraction of the dog's bollocks.
  • verb transitive, UK, taboo, slang To break.
  • verb transitive, UK, taboo, slang To fail (a task); to make a mess of.
  • interjection UK, taboo, slang Expressing anger, frustration, etc.

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  • verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Etymologies

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See bollock

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An alteration of ballocks.

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Examples

  • Downton says the word 'bollocks' at least I think he does, the sky has fallen open, so it's hard to tell.

    Evening Standard - Home Hermione Eyre 2011

  • 'I have what I call a bollocks list where I just sit in meetings and I write down some of the absurd language we use - and we are all guilty of this, myself included.

    Comments from all Computer Weekly blogs 2009

  • Why anyone would want to work for an organisation that spouts such bollocks is beyond me. on February 13, 2010 at 7: 35 am larchy

    We Are So Unpopular That Everyone Wants To Join SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • Is it one ‘ell’ or two ‘ells’ in bollocks? on March 22, 2009 at 7: 51 pm | Reply Howard

    Cross & Rude « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • I'm pretty used to spouting misleading bollocks from a failing organisation, having done it for Halifax for years .

    New Banking Minister Appointed Dungeekin 2009

  • This compendium of utter bollocks is a treasury of audacious fibbing, featuring the boss who claimed to be Emma Thompson's secret lover and a part-time ambulance driver, the Dad who once kicked a football so high it landed on a cloud, and the mate who reckons ninjas can go out in a rainstorm and not get wet cos they're "that fast".

    Internet picks of the week Johnny Dee 2010

  • Managerialst bollocks is killing all kinds of human endeavour.

    What Really Matters At The Top « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • I'm pretty used to spouting misleading bollocks from a failing organisation, having done it for Halifax for years .

    Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • As for abandoning the working class etc. - complete and utter bollocks is probably the best response - I've tried reason it doesn't work here.

    Appeasement and its Myths Newmania 2007

  • Can we please call an end to this essentialist blood and soil I'm more Welsh than you bollocks from the Welsh-bashers?

    Labour: no presence at the Eisteddfod 2008

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  • This is such a satisfying word to say!

    March 3, 2008

  • Yeah, the satisfaction level is just about the same than with bullshit, in my case, anyway. ;o]

    March 3, 2008