Ayuh!
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Feb 13, 2014, at 10:56 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/11/2014 1:23 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> I looked up “bollox” on my Mac Look-Up Machine, and saw that it was 1)
>> there, and 2) meant what I thought it meant, though I believe there is an
>> alternate spelling of bollocks?
>>
>> But then this was at the end. Interesting.
>>
>> Conversely, the word also figures in idiomatic phrases such as “the
>> dog'sbollocks", "top bollock(s)", or more simply "thebollocks" (as opposed
>> to just "bollocks"), which will refer to something which is admired,
>> approved of or well-respected.
>
> Wicked Pissah!
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