Need help with my British lingo…

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This thread is beginning to sound like a bunch of 8th grade Junior High (British -Middle School, Second Form, or is it Year 8 now) boys.
 
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This thread is beginning to sound like a bunch of 8th grade Junior High (British -Middle School, Second Form, or is it Year 8 now) boys.

It's a fair cop.
 
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So: bollocks, roughly equivalent to us using “bullshit”? Or different?
 
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So: bollocks, roughly equivalent to us using “bullshit”? Or different?

I thought bollock are literally "balls" as in .... "The dog's bollocks!"
 
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I thought bollock are literally "balls" as in .... "The dog's bollocks!"

I’ve heard the Brits say, “That’s bollocks,” as in, “that’s a load of shit.”
 
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So: bollocks, roughly equivalent to us using “bullshit”? Or different?
Well yes and no, depending on how it’s used.
“That’s a load of bollocks” = That’s a load of bullshit
“Bollocks to that” = fυck that
And yes the “Dog’s bollocks” = good ( because the dog likes licking them)
 
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I’ve heard the Brits say, “That’s bollocks,” as in, “that’s a load of shit.”

Dogs Bollocks or it is the bollocks = Very good
Load of Bollocks / utter bollocks, talking bollocks = Utter Horse or bull Sh-t........
 
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fυck is still the best, I know it's been covered though.

As in, "that watch @vujen listed? That watch FUCKS!" (If you watched 'silicon valley', you'll get the reference)

However, if you want a 4-letter word that isn't a curse but just as expressive: DUDE
 
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Bollocks on its own can also have slightly different meanings. I guess it does literally translate as balls (which we also use).

Person 1, “Paddy Bamford is going to get 10 goals over the rest of the season”. Person 2 “Bollocks” (you’re talking rubbish/no he isn’t).

‘Dropping a glass which smashes’. Bollocks! (fυck/damn).
 
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And lets not forget bollocking/bollocked which means a telling off/told off

As in

My wife gave me a right bollocking for forgetting her birthday

I bollocked my son for not reminding me.
 
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fυck is still the best, I know it's been covered though.

As in, "that watch @vujen listed? That watch FUCKS!" (If you watched 'silicon valley', you'll get the reference)

However, if you want a 4-letter word that isn't a curse but just as expressive: DUDE

It is an extremely versatile word indeed...

 
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And lets not forget bollocking/bollocked which means a telling off/told off

As in

My wife gave me a right bollocking for forgetting her birthday
So now you know just why me trouble sounded in such a two 'n' eight on the dog when I stayed down the rub'a getting off me boat.
 
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It is an extremely versatile word indeed...

I just want to know what that poor horse did to deserve such detestation...
 
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Bollocks on its own can also have slightly different meanings. I guess it does literally translate as balls (which we also use).

Person 1, “Paddy Bamford is going to get 10 goals over the rest of the season”. Person 2 “Bollocks” (you’re talking rubbish/no he isn’t).

‘Dropping a glass which smashes’. Bollocks! (fυck/damn).
Person 3 : "Leeds may never get another 10 this season"