chiefly British, usually informal + impolite: testicles
2
chiefly British, usually informal + impolite: nonsense
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Vivienne Westwood inspired my career as a designer with bravery and bollocks.—Alex Kessler, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2022 The film was controversial in director Panos H. Koutras's home country of Greece, but that controversy is all bollocks.—Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022 Never mind the bollocks, see an exclusive image from Pistol above.—Clark Collis, EW.com, 11 May 2022 Do people go on at you about left-brain-right-brain bollocks?—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2012
Word History
Etymology
alteration of ballocks, plural of ballock testis, from Middle English, from Old English bealluc — more at ball
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of bollocks was
before the 12th century