bollocks

bollocks · noun, verb, interjection¹

1. Old English · inherited frombeallucas
2. Middle English · inherited fromballokes
3. English todaybollocks

From Middle English ballokes (plural of ballok), from Old English beallucas (nominative plural of bealluc). By surface analysis, bollock + -s. Compare cullion.

bollocks · verb²

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

First known use, by meaning

• from 9th c. The testicles.
• from 20th c. An idiot; an ignorant or disagreeable person.
• from 20th c. Nonsense; rubbish.
• from 20th c. Ellipsis of the dog's bollocks.