Billy Big Bollocks

noun

A person, usually a man, with an inflated ego who arrogantly throws his weight around.

Meanings

nounBilly Big Bollocks (uncountable)

alternative Billy-Big-Bollocks · alternative Billy Big-Bollocks · alternative Billy Big Balls · alternative Billy Big-Balls

  1. UKslanguncountablevulgarA person, usually a man, with an inflated ego who arrogantly throws his weight around.

    I suppose I was acting like Billy Big Bollocks, but if you're doing the business on the park, as I had done for Newcastle in the past two seasons, then you deserve to be rewarded.

    2011 December 31, Mick Quinn, Oliver Harvey, Who Ate All The Pies? The Life and Times of Mick Quinn, Random House, →ISBN, page 136
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    Among my circle of cocaine users, I stood out, not because I was Billy Big Bollocks and flash, that was something I never was, and not even because I played for Arsenal and England, because I never behaved as if.

    2021 September 16, Paul Merson, Hooked: Addiction and the Long Road to Recovery, Hachette UK, →ISBN

    Every now and then MTV would call and I'd have to film, like, a trailer or something or do some bit of promotion for the show, which only added to my overall feeling of being Billy Big Bollocks.

    2023 December 5, Ashley Cain, Strong: Life, Loss, and Eternal Love for My Daughter, Mango Media, →ISBN

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