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Bollocks is a word of Anglo-Saxon origin, meaning "testicles". The word is often used figuratively in British English, as a noun to mean "nonsense", an expletive following a minor accident or misfortune, or an adjective to mean "poor quality" or "useless". Similarly, the common phrases " Bollocks to this!" or "That's a load of old bollocks " generally indicate contempt for a certain task, subject or opinion. Conversely, the word also figures in idiomatic phrases such as "the dog's bollocks " and "top bollock(s) ", which usually refer to something which is admired, approved of or well-respected.
Etymology
The word has a long and distinguished history, with the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) giving examples of its usage dating back to the 13th century. One of the early references is John Wycliffe's Bible (1382), Leviticus xxii, 24: "Al beeste, that ... kitt and taken a wey the ballokes is, ye shulen not offre to the Lord..." (any beast that is cut and taken away the bollocks , you shall not offer to the Lord, i.e. castrated animals are not suitable as religious sacrifices).
The OED states (with abbreviations expanded): "Probably a derivative of Teutonic ball- , of which the Old English representative would be inferred as beall-u , -a , or -e ".
The Teutonic ball- in turn probably derives from the Proto-Indo-European base *bhel- , to inflate or swell. This base also forms the root of many other words, including "phallus".
From the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, bollocks or ballocks was allegedly used as a slang term for a clergyman, although this meaning is not mentioned by the OED's 1989 edition. For example, in 1864, the Commanding Officer of the Straits Fleet regularly referred to his chaplain as "Ballocks" . It has been suggested that bollocks came to have its modern meaning of "nonsense" because clergymen were notorious for talking nonsense during their sermons.
In 1977, Professor James Kingsley, a famous linguistics professor at the University of Nottingham, had accredited the word to be used in the early eighteenth century with the Roman Catholic Church priests. His studies show that the actual word "bollocks" means either a 'priest', or 'rubbish spoken by the priest'. Often, there were priests in the early eighteenth century who generally spoke rubbish, which is how the term "bollocks" became associated with verbal diarrhoea. The conviction came from the fact that Professor James Kingsley himself was a reverend and had been doing linguistic history research all his life.
Alternative spellings
"Ballock" is a variation of "bollock" , which was in everyday usage in the medieval period, albeit rarely heard today. The connection with "ball" in the sense of "testis" is evident.
The word is sometimes spelled as bollox or bollix , usually in order to make it appear less vulgar. In this case, its meaning is "to bungle"; for example, "The project was going well, but my boss bollixed it up". "Bollixed up" is sometimes considered an out-of-date expression which has largely been replaced by phrases such as "screwed up", as the latter term has gradually lost most of its previously vulgar connotation. This spelling remains current in Ireland, however, as in the phrase "You're a bollix " (fool or unpleasant person).
"Bollix" may also be used to refer to a particularly nasty or awkward person, particularly in rural Ireland, (where it is also used to refer to testicles, as in standard English).
Severity
The relative severity of the various profanities, as perceived by the British public, was studied on behalf of the Broadcasting Standards Commission, Independent Television Commission, BBC and Advertising Standards Authority. The results of this jointly commissioned research were published in December 2000 in a paper called "Delete Expletives?". This placed "bollocks" in eighth position in terms of its perceived severity, between "prick" (seventh place) and "arsehole" (ninth place). By comparison, the word "balls" (which has a similar literal meaning) was down in 22nd place. Of the people surveyed, only 11% thought that "bollocks" could acceptably be broadcast at times before the national 9pm "watershed" on television (radio does not have a watershed).
Negative uses
"Bollocks!"
"Bollocks!" can be used as a stand-alone interjection to express strong disagreement. It dismisses a statement as nonsense, similar to "bullshit" , but much stronger in its emphasis and implications. This can be expanded, for example, to "What a complete and utter load of bollocks !" An expression with a similar meaning is "Yer ballax !" (Your bollocks). Sometimes bollocks! is combined with an abbreviated version of the original statement, for instance: "It was your fault" - "Bollocks, it was!" (It certainly was not); or "Did England win last night?" - "Did they bollocks!" (No, they did not) or "Pubs are shit in Atherton and Westhoughton." — "Are they bollocks, there's good ones in Westhoughton!" .
As well as its use as an exclamation, "bollocks" can be used as a noun to annunciate a lie, an incorrect statement, an unfair situation, misfortune or a hiding to nothing, i.e. "what a load of bollocks " or " bollocks , more like". A quotation from John O'Farrell includes a range of examples of this usage: a character attending a comedy awards ceremony said: "These awards are a load of bollocks . It's all bollocks , all of it. These people: bollocks ; this whole industry: complete bollocks ; these prizes: meaningless bollocks ; all these free gifts: marketing bollocks ; this food: pure bollocks ". Similarly, it is claimed that New Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell "routinely dismissed unwelcome news stories as bollocks , complete bollocks and bollocks on stilts ".
A related usage is in expressing contempt for something or someone. International development charity ActionAid's slogan 'Bollocks to Poverty' has been popular with younger supporters since 2002. A Channel 4 TV programme on 9 June 2005, dealing with the subject of testicular cancer, was (appropriately enough) entitled Bollocks to Cancer . A similar usage is the " Bollocks to Brussels " car stickers, which were displayed by those wishing to express contempt for European law.
The word "bollocks" used on its own can also mean an expression of dismay. Often used in a single word form people will utter "bollocks" when something breaks or does not go their way. Similar to a usage of the word shit.
"Talking bollocks" and "Bollockspeak"
"Talking bollocks " generally means talking nonsense or bullshit , for example: "Don't listen to him, he's talking bollocks ", or "...talking absolute bollocks ". Another example is "I told Maurice that he was talking bollocks, that he was full of shit and that his opinions were a pile of piss. (Rhetoric was always my indulgence.)" "Talking bollocks " in a corporate context is referred to as bollockspeak . Bollockspeak tends to be buzzword-laden and largely content-free, like gobbledygook: "Rupert, we'll have to leverage our synergies to facilitate a paradigm shift by Q4" is an example of management bollockspeak . There is a whole parodic book entitled The Little Book of Management Bollocks . When a great deal of bollocks is being spoken, it may be said that the 'bollocks quotient' is high.
Testiculate (verb)
The act of "talking bollocks " while waving one's arms about wildly (e.g. gesticulating) can be referred to as testiculation . Possibly attributable to the BBC Radio 4 comedy programme "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue".
A "bollocks" (singular noun)
Comparable to cock-up , screw-up , balls-up , etc. Used with the indefinite article, it means a disaster, a mess or a failure. It is often used pejoratively, as in "You made a bollocks out of that one, sunshine!", and it is generally used throughout Ireland and the northern regions of the United Kingdom.
Bollocks (transitive verb)
To bollocks something up means "to mess something up". It refers to a botched job: "Well, you bollocksed it up that time, Your Majesty!" or " Bollocksed up at work again, I fear. Millions down the drain".
To "drop a bollock"
To "drop a bollock" describes the malfunction of an operation, or messing something up, as in many sports, and in more polite business parlance, dropping the ball brings play to an unscheduled halt. It has not been unknown in some instances for the phrase to be used to highlight extreme anger. The phrase has also seen use in the literal sense, when an adult male takes an injury to the scrotum.
"Bollocks dropping" is also used more physiologically to refer to a male adolescent, especially concerning the changes to his voice, for instance: "How does he sing so high?" - "Simple, his bollocks haven't dropped yet."
More recently, the term has been used to describe disbelief; for instance, "He nearly dropped a bollock when he found out", "The manager
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