Re: Are \'bollocks\' sometimes on US tongues these days?
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'the bollocks' (shortening of 'the dog's bollocks'== very good, best)
This should be easy for people here to remember, given it means the same thing as "the nuts".
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Actually, that's amazing, two cultural memes converging! And being so similar; 'nuts' is bad, 'the nuts' is good!
They have different source/roots etc, but they mean the same thing, and the meaning is mostly reversed or radically changed with the inclusion of the definite article.
I'll shut up now cos the stupid don't like to be reminded.
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