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Bollocks

Bollocks or bollock (/ˈbɒləks/ ⓘ) is a word of Middle English origin meaning "testicles". The word is often used in British English and Irish English in a multitude of negative ways; it most commonly appears as a noun meaning "rubbish" or "nonsense", an expletive following a minor accident or misfortune, or an adjective to describe something that is of…

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Bollocks

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples117
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
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related to Etymology · 14
Bollocks → Al, Leviticus, Lord, OED, Old English, One, Probably, Proto-Indo-European, Teutonic, The OED, The Oxford English Dictionary, The Teutonic, This, Wycliffe's Bible
related to "Dog's bollocks" · 12
Bollocks → Although, An, Before Tony Blair's, Etymologist Eric Partridge, He, It, Online Etymology Dictionary, Oxford English Dictionary, The Bollocks, This, Thus, Well
related to "Talking bollocks" and "bollockspeak" · 12
Bollocks → Another, Bollockspeak, Don't, Management Bollocks, Maurice, Q4, Rhetoric, Rupert, Talking, The Little Book, There, When
related to Obscenity court ruling · 12
Bollocks → Defence, Here's, In, It, John Mortimer QC, Mortimer, Never Mind, Old English, Perhaps, Sex Pistols, Testimony, Virgin Records
related to Meaning "nonsense" · 11
Bollocks → Ballocks, Commanding Officer, Ecclesiasticus, For, From, How, It, OED's, Old Testament, Straits Fleet, The
related to Severity · 11
Bollocks → Bollocking, By, English, English-language Bible, Garmonsway's Penguin English Dictionary, It, Originally, Oxford English Dictionary, Rabelais, Samuel Johnson's, The
related to "Chuffed to one's bollocks" · 10
Bollocks → American, Harold Pinter, Labour, Nobel, Oh, Pinter, Prime Minister Tony Blair, The, The Guardian, The Homecoming
related to "Bollocksed" · 9
Bollocks → An, Broken, Exhausted, Hungover, I'm, Last, Made, Multiple, My
related to Bollocks up (transitive verb) · 6
Bollocks → Bollocksed, It, Millions, To, Well, Your Majesty
related to A "bollocks" (singular noun) · 5
Bollocks → Britain, Comparable, Ireland, It, Used

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used english word also dictionary meaning nonsense example term old something talking bollocking dog's language means phrase bollocksed bollock negative

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General Buggeranthosinstance ofalong with other characters with names0.80text
the maid of honourinstance ofalong with other characters with names0.80text
Fuckadillainstance ofalong with other characters with names0.80text
Bollocksrelated to "A kick in the bollocks"Ye Gods0.60section
Bollocksrelated to "A kick in the bollocks"What0.60section
Bollocksrelated to "Bollocksed"Multiple0.60section
Bollocksrelated to "Bollocksed"Exhausted0.60section
Bollocksrelated to "Bollocksed"I'm0.60section
Bollocksrelated to "Bollocksed"Broken0.60section
Bollocksrelated to "Bollocksed"My0.60section
Bollocksrelated to "Bollocksed"An0.60section
Bollocksrelated to "Bollocksed"Last0.60section

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