bollix
BOL-iksnoun, verbVulgar
A Hiberno-English slang term. Browse all Irish slang.
What it means
A despicable or annoying man. In Ireland it is a person far more often than an exclamation, which is the reverse of British usage.
To ruin something: 'I bollixed it up'.
In use
That bollix cut me off at the roundabout.
He's an awful bollix when he's drink taken.
Where it comes from
The Irish spelling of 'bollocks', respelled to match the pronunciation. English uses the plural mainly as an interjection for nonsense; Hiberno-English specialised the singular into a term for a person.
Other forms
- Spellings and variants:
- bollox, bollocks