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Dog's bollocks
A usage with a positive sense is the dog's bollocks, based on the notion that a dog's bollocks must taste good, as they spend so much time licking them. Sometimes this is shortened to just "the dog's" or "the bollocks". Although this is a recent term (the Online Etymology Dictionary dates it to 1989), its origins are obscure:etymologist Eric Partridge believes the term comes from the printers' mark of a colon and a dash; another theory suggests it is a spoonerism of 1950's Meccano sets called "box, deluxe", in much the same way that their "box, standard" set name was corrupted to "bog standard", although this etymology is anything but certain. "The dog's bollocks" fits in with several rhyming reduplications of positive meaning that were popular during the 1920s ("the bee's knees," "the cat's pajamas"). More recent expressions that follow the same pattern are "the mutt's nuts" or "the dog's danglies". A further positive aspect of "the dog's bollocks" is derived from their prominence or notability, as in the expression "it sticks out like the dog's bollocks". The Dog's Bollocks is also the name of a ska band from Atlanta, Georgia. There is also a beer brewed in England by the Wychwood Brewery called the Dogs Bollocks, as well as a lager cocktail.
Dog's Bollock Syndrome can be used to describe an excessive use of technology or visual aid, such as in an enormous use of Flash animations on a website. It is derived from following riddle: "Q: Why do dogs lick their bollocks? A: Because they can". In a technological context, the question could be "Why has the web developer included a three-minute animated intro to this page?", prompting the answer: "Dog's Bollock Syndrome, innit. Because he can".
(copied more or less accurately from www.wikipedia.org)
A usage with a positive sense is the dog's bollocks, based on the notion that a dog's bollocks must taste good, as they spend so much time licking them. Sometimes this is shortened to just "the dog's" or "the bollocks". Although this is a recent term (the Online Etymology Dictionary dates it to 1989), its origins are obscure:etymologist Eric Partridge believes the term comes from the printers' mark of a colon and a dash; another theory suggests it is a spoonerism of 1950's Meccano sets called "box, deluxe", in much the same way that their "box, standard" set name was corrupted to "bog standard", although this etymology is anything but certain. "The dog's bollocks" fits in with several rhyming reduplications of positive meaning that were popular during the 1920s ("the bee's knees," "the cat's pajamas"). More recent expressions that follow the same pattern are "the mutt's nuts" or "the dog's danglies". A further positive aspect of "the dog's bollocks" is derived from their prominence or notability, as in the expression "it sticks out like the dog's bollocks". The Dog's Bollocks is also the name of a ska band from Atlanta, Georgia. There is also a beer brewed in England by the Wychwood Brewery called the Dogs Bollocks, as well as a lager cocktail.
Dog's Bollock Syndrome can be used to describe an excessive use of technology or visual aid, such as in an enormous use of Flash animations on a website. It is derived from following riddle: "Q: Why do dogs lick their bollocks? A: Because they can". In a technological context, the question could be "Why has the web developer included a three-minute animated intro to this page?", prompting the answer: "Dog's Bollock Syndrome, innit. Because he can".
(copied more or less accurately from www.wikipedia.org)
posted by Kathryn at 1:03 PM
2 Comments:
But since this is Basils blog its bollock singular :0)
And a most singular blog it's turning out to be, Alex!
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