bollocks

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1. IrelandUKpluralplural normallyvulgarThe testicles.First known use 9th c.

   Synonyms: testicles, testes, acorns, agates, apples, apricots, bags, ballocks

2. IrelandUKpluralplural normallyvulgarAn idiot; an ignorant or disagreeable person.First known use 20th c.

   —I’m a ballocks, he said, shaking his head in despair. I am and I know I am.

   1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

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   He […] had come through Borstal institutions, mostly, I would say, by sucking up to bullying big bollixes the likes of James.

   1958, Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy

3. IrelandUKpluralplural normallyvulgarNonsense; rubbish.First known use 20th c.

   That's a load of bollocks, mate!

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   All the dealers would steam into his cabin for a few sherbets after work, and to listen to his bollocks.

   2014, Peter Smith, Confessions of a Dice Dealer, page 105

   Synonyms: absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls

4. IrelandUKabbreviationellipsispluralplural normallyvulgarEllipsis of the dog's bollocks.First known use 20th c.

present singular third person bollockses · participle present bollocksing · participle past bollocksed · past bollocksed · alternative ballocks · alternative bollix · alternative b******s · alternative b****cks

1. IrelandUKtransitivevulgarTo break.

   The telly's bollocksed.

2. IrelandUKtransitivevulgarTo fail (a task); to make a mess of.

   I bollocksed that exam.

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1. IrelandUKtransitivevulgarAn expression of anger, frustration, etc.

   Oh bollocks, I'm late for work!

   Synonyms: dammit, screw this

2. IrelandUKtransitivevulgarAn expression of incredulity.

   Bollocks! That never happened!

   Synonyms: bullshit

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1. IrelandUKindicativepresentsingularthird persontransitivevulgarthird-person singular simple present indicative of bollock