How do you spell this word?

its_steve116

Do you say "bollocks" or "bollix"?

Timberrrrrrrr

Bollox

As in: This thread is a load of Bollox!

_Kaiser_

Bollox

Deebles McBeebles

Ask me bollix.

marketty

It depends on the context. I'd say you're talking complete bollocks, but I would invite you to ask me bollix.

Potential-Monke

I'm more of a 'He's a bollix' and 'This is a load of bollocks'. I reserve bollix for people and bollocks for everything else.

fancy pigeon

demanufactured

"Get your bollocks out of my face"

Grayson

I Love The Internet wrote: »

Always 'bollocks'. The spelling with an 'x' looks like something a retarded person would write.

I agree with the honorable rereg

Birneybau

Bollocks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollocks

Trigger Happy

Never mind the bollocks.

Edgware

Jim Stynes introduced the word Bollocks/Bollicks/Bollix to the Melbourne dressing room when he started his Aussie Rules career. I dont know how he spelt it. His team mates were amazed at how the word could be used as a noun, verb, adjective etc all in the one sentence

Planet X

Bolleaux.

ablelocks

bollocks when speaking (relatively) positively about someone -

he's a grand auld bollocks,
you're only acting the bollocks,
you're some bollocks, but i love you like a brother,
get a round in, you bollocks, you haven't bought one yet....

or

bollix when speaking negatively about somone -

he's a nasty bollix,
he's been acting the bollix all day,
he's a right little bollix,
I wouldn't trust that bollix as far as I could throw him....etc

Harry Palmr

The dog bollocks

Ye little bollix!

Its all about context

Wabbit Ears

they're two separate words used for different scenarios, so both right.

topper75

I use bollix for indeterminate amounts, the same as I do for coal or snow or milk.

"Those claims were a load of old bollix".

Bollocks is more a unitary expression, and can be a person or a thing.

"The bollocks went and set us a right bollocks of an exam."

Ray Bloody Purchase

I use the two spellings but both have slightly different meanings.

'Bollocks' is used when someone is a defacto cnut e.g. 'Conor McGregor is a massive bollocks.'

I use 'Bollix' as a term of endearment, to put it in context 'My nephew is an awful little bollix.'

These nuanced and subtle differences can only be found in the written form obviously. When it's said out loud everything is plainly bollox.

Capt'n Midnight

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

they're two separate words used for different scenarios, so both right.

No. One right and one left.