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#1 2006-10-07 11:42:19

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1222

'diabollockal' & 'shambollock' for 'diabolical' & 'shambolic'

I chose to be gay to get away from that diabollockal ritual ! Never looked good in a dress . Always the bridesmaid , never the groom …
ilikethewayyoumove.blogspot.com/2005/11/hi-de-hi-campers.html – 18k –

As i find this a sham – bollic , diabollockal outrage I want the sneaky colprit to come clean . So help me fellow Shaker heightians to find this shameful …
theshakerheights.sh/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=e72a93a346aed32fe5e380848a857fd7&action=recent – 26k –

oniell is seen as a god by celtic fans and big eck is seen as a shambollock failure by rangers but look at the stats , big eck won more trophies in a …
totalbet.teamtalk.com/football/yoursaydetail/1,16387,1777_c_1132161,00.html – 65k –

“Bollocks” is a slang term for “testicles” but is more frequently used to signify that something is untrue or obviously flawed or poorly planned/executed and often comes in the form of, “a load of bollocks”, or “a load of old bollocks”. (But not, so far, a shedload of…”.)
“Diabolical’ in common speech has few whiffs of sulphur and demonic imps about it but rather indicates something outrageously inept or an extreme ‘balls-up’ or ‘cock-up’ – synomyms for “a load of bollocks”and perhaps used most frequently in a military context. Equally frequent in this context as well as others is the word “shambolic” from “shambles”, a chaotic mess and originally a butchers market and slaughterhouses.
I think it’s likely that ‘bolic’ is perceived by eggcorners as “bollock” as it imposes a meaningful sound into a word where it seems to belong.

I read somewhere that American English replaced “bullock” and “cock” for “steer” and “rooster” due to Puritan influences. Since “cock” is a common slang term for “penis” I can understand that change but the only reason I can see for the loss of “bullock” is its close resemblance to “bollock”...?

Last edited by Peter Forster (2006-10-10 13:08:13)

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