ballocks

Noun

bollocks pl (normally plural, singular bollock)

1. (Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar) The testicles.

   Synonyms:

   testicles, testes, acorns, agates, apples, apricots, bags, ballocks, balls, bangers

2. (Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar) An idiot; an ignorant or disagreeable person.
   • —I’m a ballocks, he said, shaking his head in despair. I am and I know I am.1916, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
3. (Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, vulgar) Nonsense; rubbish.
   • That's a load of bollocks, mate!

   Synonyms:

   absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil

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