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bollocks

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bol·locks  (blks)
n. Vulgar Slang
1. The testicles.
2. Nonsense.

[Middle English balloks; see bollix.]

bollocks [ˈbɒləks], ballocks US, bollix [ˈbɒlɪks] Slang
pl n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) another word for testicles
2. nonsense; rubbish
interj
1. an exclamation of annoyance, disbelief, etc
the (dog's) bollocks something excellent
vb (usually foll by up)
to muddle or botch
[Old English beallucas, diminutive (pl) of beallu (unattested); see ball1]
Usage: Both its anatomical senses and its various extended senses nowadays have far less impact than they used to, and seem unlikely to cause offence, though some older or more conservative people may object. The fact that shops displaying the Sex Pistols' album containing this word were charged with offences defined in 19th century Indecent Advertisement and Vagrancy Acts now seems hard to credit
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Verb1.bollocks - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
Translations
bollocks [ˈbɒləks] (Brit)
A. NPLcojones mpl
B. N (= nonsense) → pavadas fpl, huevadas fpl (Andes, Chile)
bollocks [ˈbɒləks] (British)
exclquelles conneries fpl !
nplcouilles fpl >
bollocks
pl (sl)
Eier pl (sl)
(= nonsense) (that’s) bollocks!Quatsch mit Soße! (inf); he was talking bollocksder hat einen Scheiß geredet (inf)
bollocks [ˈbɒləks] npl (fam!) to talk a load of bollocksdire stronzate or cazzate (fam!)
bollocks [ˈbɒləks] npl (fam!) to talk a load of bollocksdire stronzate or cazzate (fam!)


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Gilbert & George, Bollocks We're All Angry, 1977, photocollage, 94 7/8 x 79 1/6".
The show is, of course, complete bollocks, and London reviewers have savaged the production, reported to have cost 7.
``The Filth and the Fury'' takes the opposite view, suggesting that singer John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) was the real driving force within the infamous punk group, whose most famous songs from their 1977 album, ``Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols'' (Warner Bros.
 
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