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Ballocks?

Posted by: Anonymous User (---.hsd1.dc.comcast.net)

Date: July 27, 2007 12:35AM

The word "ballocks" turns up several times in the US version of FAS. I was under the impression the term was "bollocks". Is this the result of a collision between an Amerocentric editor and an automatic spellcheck, or is it legitimate UK slang?

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Re: Ballocks?

Posted by: Antgeth (---.hevanet.com)

Date: July 27, 2007 07:10AM

i believe it is an alternate spelling of bollocks...

let me check...

there ya go
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