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Thread #44292   Message #651816
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
16-Feb-02 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Etymology of 'Feck'
Subject: RE: BS: The Etymology of 'Feck'
Webster's Dictionary: Bollix vt [alter. ballocks, pl. of ballock (testis) fr. ME, fr OE bealluc - more at Ball] : to throw into disorder; also: Bungle - usu. used with up. Bollix also a noun.
Oxford English Dictionary: Ballock obsolete in polite use. ...beallucas in 1000AD, ballokes in 1382, etc. As I said, an ancient and honorable history of service in the English language.
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