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• rollocking — n British a severe dressing down, an angry and pointed tirade. The word is a euphemism for bollocking. ► Though Dad gave me a real rollocking, in the end I won. I just fluttered my eyelids at him and promised I wouldn t be seeing Josh again.… …   Contemporary slang

• rollocking — noun variant spelling of rollicking2 …   English new terms dictionary

• Bollocks — Bollox redirects here. For the board game, see Bōku (game). Bollocks /ˈbɒləks/ is a word of Anglo Saxon origin, meaning testicles . The word is often used figuratively in British English, as a noun to mean nonsense , an expletive following a… …   Wikipedia

• Ivan Jelical — is a fictional Christian Fundamentalist who appears in the cult comic, Viz . As his name punningly suggests, he is an evangelical Christian who is committed to spreading the Gospel. Unfortunately for him, his pleas fall on deaf ears. People… …   Wikipedia

• rollicking — rollicking1 adjective exuberantly lively and amusing. Derivatives rollick verb Origin C19: prob. dialect, perh. a blend of romp and frolic. rollicking2 (also rollocking) noun Brit. informal a severe reprimand …   English new terms dictionary

• rollicking — Ⅰ. rollicking [1] ► ADJECTIVE ▪ exuberantly lively and amusing. ORIGIN perhaps a blend of ROMP(Cf. ↑romp) and FROLIC(Cf. ↑frolicker). Ⅱ. rollicking [2] …   English terms dictionary