Showing posts with label bollix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bollix. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Wednesday Word: Bollix & Bollocks

bollix |ˈbäliks| vulgar slang verb [ with obj. ] (usu. bollix something up) bungle (a task).pl.nounvariant spelling of bollocks.bollocks |ˈbäləks| (also ballocks or bollix) vulgar slang, chiefly Brit. noun1 [ in pl. ] the testicles.2 used to express contempt, annoyance, or defiance.ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: plural of bollock, variant of earlier ballock, of Germanicorigin; related to ball.
Another word I want to steal from the Brits. The greedy imperial bastards keep hogging the best ones. Bollocks to them, I say.