See pillock on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "In the 16th century, the meaning was \"penis\". Probably from pillicock (“penis; boy, man”), presumably akin to the slang term dickhead (“inept fool”). Alternatively, from the same basis as pillicock (compare regional Norwegian pill (“penis”)) + the diminutive suffix -ock.",
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"ref": "1970 October 27, Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Butcher Who is Alternately Rude and Polite:",
"text": "What is it now, you great pillock?",
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},
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"ref": "2021 March 19, Bosnian Ape Society, 3:55 from the start, in Is Your Car Safe From Supermaneuverable Air-Defense Fighter Aircraft?, archived from the original on 2022-08-07:",
"text": "Take your Typhoon up there and swat the annoying mosquito out of the sky by challenging the infantile pillock to a classic World-War-II-era dogfight like a real man, to show them who the real king of European airspace is.",
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"A stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool."
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"(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, derogatory, slang) A stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool."
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"word": "wazzock"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a stupid person",
"word": "stomkop"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "a stupid person",
"tags": [
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"word": "eikel"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a stupid person",
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],
"word": "blaireau"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "a stupid person",
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"word": "boulet"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a stupid person",
"word": "Trottel"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "durák",
"sense": "a stupid person",
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"word": "дура́к"
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"roman": "ólux",
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"word": "о́лух"
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"roman": "idiót",
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"masculine"
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"word": "идио́т"
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"roman": "balbés",
"sense": "a stupid person",
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"masculine"
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"word": "балбе́с"
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"word": "балда́"
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"sense": "a stupid person",
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"word": "болва́н"
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"text": "What is it now, you great pillock?",
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"ref": "2021 March 19, Bosnian Ape Society, 3:55 from the start, in Is Your Car Safe From Supermaneuverable Air-Defense Fighter Aircraft?, archived from the original on 2022-08-07:",
"text": "Take your Typhoon up there and swat the annoying mosquito out of the sky by challenging the infantile pillock to a classic World-War-II-era dogfight like a real man, to show them who the real king of European airspace is.",
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"word": "wazzock"
},
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"sense": "stupid or annoying person",
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"word": "plonker"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "a stupid person",
"word": "stomkop"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a stupid person",
"tags": [
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"word": "eikel"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "a stupid person",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "blaireau"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "a stupid person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "boulet"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "a stupid person",
"word": "Trottel"
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"roman": "durák",
"sense": "a stupid person",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "дура́к"
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"roman": "ólux",
"sense": "a stupid person",
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"word": "о́лух"
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"roman": "idiót",
"sense": "a stupid person",
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"sense": "a stupid person",
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"word": "балбе́с"
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"roman": "baldá",
"sense": "a stupid person",
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"word": "балда́"
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"roman": "bolván",
"sense": "a stupid person",
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"word": "болва́н"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "duraléj",
"sense": "a stupid person",
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"word": "дурале́й"
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