It's pretty close to what I meant (bollox as a "polite" version of "bollocks"),
except that "the dog's bollocks" implies some degree of admiration, Bob. I
wasn't intending Ken to infer admiration for his polemic about boiled food and
the UK. :-)
Chris
On 11 Feb 14, at 21:23, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I looked up “bollox” on my Mac Look-Up Machine, and saw that it was 1) there,
> and 2) meant what I thought it meant, though I believe there is an alternate
> spelling of bollocks?
>
> But then this was at the end. Interesting.
>
> Conversely, the word also figures in idiomatic phrases such as “the
> dog'sbollocks", "top bollock(s)", or more simply "thebollocks" (as opposed to
> just "bollocks"), which will refer to something which is admired, approved of
> or well-respected.
>
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