ballocks

Crude anatomical term

Ballocks is a variant spelling of bollocks, the British vulgar term for testicles.

Like bollocks, it serves as an exclamation of frustration or disbelief, and can dismiss something as nonsense: That's a load of ballocks.

The spelling with an 'a' is older but now less common than the 'o' form.

nonsense

rubbish

Waste or nonsense

twaddle · poppycock · drivel · malarkey · claptrap · bunkum · tommyrot · piffle · gibberish · absurdity

testicles

gonads

Gamete-producing glands

knackers · nads · cojones · family jewels · crown jewels · privates · genitals · male anatomy · castration

exclamation

damn

Mild expletive

crikey · blimey · rats · drat · curses · expletive · outburst · profanity · oath · swearword

blunder

cock-up

British term for mistake

  • botchSpoil through incompetence
  • bungleFail through clumsiness
  • messDisorderly, troublesome condition

snafu · screw-up · foul-up · hash · shambles · muddle · disaster · fiasco · debacle · mistake

Opposites
truthfulness/validity

ballockstruth

Accordance with reality

fact · gospel · gospel truth · honest truth · accuracy

quality/competence

ballocksexcellence

Outstanding quality or merit

perfection · masterpiece · brilliance · success · triumph

register/politeness

ballockswith respect

About a topic

nonsense · poppycock · balderdash · fiddlesticks

Family

balls, balled, balling, bollocks, baller, ballsy, bollix, bollixed, bolloxed

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Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13