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Bollocks in a sentence

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Bollocks | Bollocking

Bollocks meaning

  1. The testicles.
  2. Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
  3. An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.

Synonyms of Bollocks

botch fluff bungle muck up spoil ball up screw up flub blow muff botch up fumble bumble bodge bollix

Related words

Other words often associated with Bollocks or its synonyms:

blunder bloomer blooper boner pratfall fuckup mistake fault error fail stroke occurrence

Using Bollocks

  • The main meaning on this page is: The testicles. | Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead. | An idiot, an ignorant or disagreeable person.
  • Useful related words include: botch, fluff, bungle, muck up.
  • In the example corpus, bollocks often appears in combinations such as: bollocks to, of bollocks, the bollocks.

Context around Bollocks

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

condition 1× old 1× nostalgic 1× farking 1× slogans 1× saying 1× remember 1× talked 1× consuming 1× remarked 1×

Often after:

absolutely 1× explaining 1× recording 1×

Sentence patterns with Bollocks

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

described as bollocks and nonsense 1× load of bollocks absolutely false 1× load of bollocks explaining that 1× mcgee remarked bollocks no one 1× men talked bollocks and then 1× mind the bollocks 1× mind the bollocks are counted 1× mind the bollocks recording sessions 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

bray yelled into 1× during the sessions 1× i don t 1× i see they 1× in a post 1× initially to be 1×

Common sentence endings:

a peoples vote 1× and stop brexit 1× bollocks and nonsense 1× bollocks recording sessions 1× have been killed 1× have done that 1×

Words around Bollocks

Just before it in the word index:

bollocking 2 bollman 8 bollington 3 bollinger 51 bollingen 4 bolling 25

Just after it in the word index:

bolls 6 bollwage 3 bollworm 11 bollworms 2 bollywood 866 bolney 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abad 22 abolishment 22 abr 22 abyad 22 accompanist 22 achmea 22

Corpus analysis for Bollocks

  • In this selection, "bollocks" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, condition, old, nostalgic, absolutely, explaining and recording stand out and add context to how "bollocks" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include described as bollocks and nonsense and load of bollocks absolutely false. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bollocks" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bollocks

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

What a load of farking bollocks. (6 words)

This “Juju” Minister of Bollocks is a waste of skin. (10 words)

This is clearly an endorsement of our ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ & ‘Stop Brexit’ message. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

State Rep. Ron Ryckman (R), the speaker of the state House, offered a load of bollocks explaining that his party certainly wasn't trying to encourage people to go pack into a church and endanger their health, heavens no! (39 words)

What you've posted is a load of bollocks, absolutely false and I need you to take it down and offer an apology within a certain amount of time and what did he do? (34 words)

During the sessions which produced the album, in mid-2005, guitarist Chris Foreman announced his departure, citing "the petty, time consuming bollocks that goes on in the band" as his reason for leaving. (33 words)

Question examples

What you've posted is a load of bollocks, absolutely false and I need you to take it down and offer an apology within a certain amount of time and what did he do? (34 words)

Exclamation examples

State Rep. Ron Ryckman (R), the speaker of the state House, offered a load of bollocks explaining that his party certainly wasn't trying to encourage people to go pack into a church and endanger their health, heavens no! (39 words)

Example sentences (18)

The Covid Inquiry, which is examining the government’s response to the pandemic, heard this month that then-prime minister Boris Johnson labelled the condition “bollocks”.

What you've posted is a load of bollocks, absolutely false and I need you to take it down and offer an apology within a certain amount of time and what did he do?

I see they’ve turned the dictionary definition of “what a load of old bollocks” into a show.

So instead you wrap it up in this nostalgic bollocks that makes zero sense.

State Rep. Ron Ryckman (R), the speaker of the state House, offered a load of bollocks explaining that his party certainly wasn't trying to encourage people to go pack into a church and endanger their health, heavens no!

What a load of farking bollocks.

Bray yelled into a metal loudhailer, leading them through a series of slogans – “Bollocks to Boris” and “Stop Brexit”.

People voted for the Lib Dems in the Euro elections because they were the loudest party saying “Bollocks to Brexit”, not because we had policy of a peoples vote.

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Remember “Bollocks to Brexit” pushed the Lib Dems to second in the EU poll, no amount of policy docs and being nice would have done that.

The prime minister is said to be furious at the claim, which Downing Street insiders privately described as “bollocks” and “nonsense”.

This is clearly an endorsement of our ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ & ‘Stop Brexit’ message.

This “Juju” Minister of Bollocks is a waste of skin.

I don’t like pubs, where I grew up pubs were often the place when men talked bollocks and then came home and beat up their wives.

During the sessions which produced the album, in mid-2005, guitarist Chris Foreman announced his departure, citing "the petty, time consuming bollocks that goes on in the band" as his reason for leaving.

In a post-match briefing to discuss the incident, Sheffield Wednesday chairman Bert McGee remarked: " Bollocks —no one would have been killed".

Initially to be called God Save Sex Pistols, it became known during the summer as Never Mind the Bollocks.

Lydon, John, Rotten, p. 142. See also p. 200. Music historian David Howard states unambiguously that Matlock did not perform on any of the Never Mind the Bollocks recording sessions.

The releases of "Anarchy in the U.K.", "God Save the Queen" and Never Mind the Bollocks are counted among the most important events in the history of popular music.

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Common combinations with bollocks

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bollocks" in a sentence?
An example: "The Covid Inquiry, which is examining the government’s response to the pandemic, heard this month that then-prime minister Boris Johnson labelled the condition “bollocks”." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "bollocks" from authentic English texts.
What does "bollocks" mean?
Bollocks means: The testicles.
What are synonyms of "bollocks"?
Common synonyms of "bollocks" include: botch, fluff, bungle, muck up, spoil, ball up, screw up, flub. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "bollocks" are there?
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