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So, I periodically check out shows on the BBC, and I hear the use of the word bollocks (sp?) quite frequently.
I have heard it used in "He needs a kick in the bollocks" which leads me to believe it is slang for testicles.
However, I have also heard it used in "That’s bollocks!" which leads me to believe it is slang for bullsh*t.
So what gives? Can any of our English counterparts break this one down for me?
It’s literal meaning is testicles, but somewhere along the way it also became a slang term for lies or nonsense, just like "bullshit". So, yes, it is both.
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Ah the intricacies of the English language. Marvellous. If I may I’d like to add my tuppence to this debate. Bollocks is indeed slang for a mans testicles and can be used as has been suggested here in a few ways.
A disparaging term it can mean that something is ‘rubbish’ as in ‘that film was bollocks’ i.e. that film was not good. You can say that someone is ‘talking bollocks’, as in again in the sense that someone is talking nonsense. As has been suggested here you can literally kick someone in the bollocks – this is not good and is to be avoided. However one can also describe something as being ‘the dogs bollocks’ and here’s where it gets complicated….. The ‘dogs bollocks’ usually means something is good. Such as ‘that rather appetising fry up was the dogs bollocks’ (translation ‘that breakfast of fried food stuffs was rather good’). I’ve no idea why a canines testicles are good – but they seem to imply a certain finery or excellence.
So bollocks can be both good and bad.Oh yes, the dog’s bollocks…it’s like the cat’s pajamas. I love British slang. Taking the piss, getting pissed, knackered, marmite
you tosser, sod off, I reckon, everything is bloody brilliant and bob’s yer uncle.
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Surprizingly,can be used as a softer form of F***,F***ed or F***er.
‘Bugger off,I’ll be buggered,bugger that,bugger,bugger me,bugger you, silly bugger,cheeky bugger’ and so on.
Also as a place like hell.
‘Go to buggery, throw/hurl/toss to buggery’
It is not often thought of in the literal sense.Although ‘hurt like buggery’might come close.some others to ponder
"cor blimey, gov, it’s a bit pearl ‘arbor out tonight"
"don’t be fooled by ‘er barnet, she’s an airplane blond"
"the bloke is an absolute berk mate"
"backs to the walls lads, the bloke’s stoke"decency permits me from telling you what any of these mean on a family website.
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