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How to pronounce bollocks in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
Type of fail, go wrong, miscarry

Examples of bollocks

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Been a fan for 35 years but bollocks to it, I'm done with F1 and the little shit.
From the guardian.co.uk
The last thing the people suffering here need is bollocks like this being spread.
From the scienceblogs.com
Arsenal fans were sold a load of bollocks by the club to justify Ashburton Grove.
From the guardian.co.uk
You may well be able to talk all day about this stuff but sadly its all bollocks.
From the guardian.co.uk
When it was clearly bollocks given that people in such senior posts state this.
From the guardian.co.uk
Its not a disaster by any means but its a forceful kick in the bollocks for us.
From the guardian.co.uk
Bollocks, says Australia's chief warrior against weasel words, author Don Watson.
From the smh.com.au
It's all bollocks, of course, and disgusting, but I've come to expect no less.
From the economist.com
Then you know how rational people feel when reading bollocks from climate deniers.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Botch: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
  • (bollock) testis: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
  • (bollock) a pulley-block at the head of a topmast
  • The testicles (sometimes used in the singular); Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead; An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person; A contraction of the dog's bollocks; To break; To fail (a task); to make a mess of; Expressing anger, frustration, etc
  • (bollock) A testicle; To reprimand severely and grossly
  • ("Bollocked") can describe the period during which a painful, sometimes crippling sensation is experienced by virtue of the testicles being physically assaulted, for instance by a football. Usage: "The ball caught me right up the nads and I was bollocked for a good 5 minutes".
  • A vulgar slang exclamation expressing anger, disbelief, etc.
  • Testes or testicles; also, an exclamation or mild oath, typically in acclamation or approbation
  • Retort to an obvious attempt at deception: equivalent of bulldust.