Sentence examples for bollocks about from inspiring English sources

The phrase "bollocks about" is not generally considered a correct or polite phrase to use in written English
This phrase is most commonly used as an exclamation of disbelief or dismissal, and is often considered to be profane, so it is best to avoid it in written language. For example, "I don't buy any of this bollocks about needing some special machine to make toast!"

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All that bollocks about the golden age.

The spectacle of modern Americans talking bollocks about their state of mind didn't appear in many films.

"What's all this patronizing bollocks about 'plucky little Fulham'?" bawls Bem Bamford.

Just say some bollocks about what a listening type of guy you are and everyone will love us again.

"People come up with bollocks about who's their type, they have these ideas about the kind of person they should be with based upon a set of characteristics that are really just the stories they're telling themselves".

All that angsty existentialist bollocks about our inner lives, so appealing to teenagers, was rapidly replaced by a priority of the social, the communitarian and the political.

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We can hear Ranger Sam beginning the 11am tour with a preemptive bollocking about water, altitude and junk food.

The "quick word" was, in fact, a 48-minute bollocking about your recent failings in the workplace.

Now, there's an ethical problem but you don't ever hear about it amid all the ill-informed bollocks spouted about cloning.' Steve Jones tells me that his aim in writing Y: The Descent of Men was to 'explore the new science of maleness in a no-bullshit way'.

"TONY BLAIR – Message from Alastair Campbell: 'The former lead singer of Ugly Rumours is keen to meet Pink Floyd, Kinks and Noel Gallagher but can't be photographed with Damon Albarn, or the tabs will headline it 'Tony Blur', and run some bollocks caption about lack of focus re New Labour strategy etc.'" Say what you like about Campbell, but he certainly knew the enemy.

I called Steven and said, 'What's this bollocks all about?' and he said – and this is a direct quote" – Hook affects a breezy whine – "'You know me, Hooky, whatever way the wind blows.' This situation really hurts and someone, eventually, will have to climb down".

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