Word Du Jour » Pejorative http://www.readright.be/WDJ Words - spiffing and copacetic Tue, 25 May 2010 13:46:53 +0000 en hourly 1 Bollock, Ballock http://www.readright.be/WDJ/2008/01/bollock-ballock/ http://www.readright.be/WDJ/2008/01/bollock-ballock/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:14:22 +0000 Tom Joad http://www.readright.be/WDJ/?p=94 Now, when I was a smallish lad, the common form of spelling for this particular item was ballock. It may have been the region in which I was brought up but over the years, the spelling has been replaced in popularity by bollock. I could find no etymology for the word but recorded use dates [...]]]> http://www.readright.be/WDJ/2008/01/bollock-ballock/feed/ 3 Nimrod http://www.readright.be/WDJ/2007/08/nimrod/ http://www.readright.be/WDJ/2007/08/nimrod/#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:24:30 +0000 Tom Joad http://www.readright.be/WDJ/?p=38

Nimrod – coming from Hebrew and pronounced as you see it – was originally a proper noun. Nimrod was a Mesopotamian king, apparently the great-grandson of Noah (he of [...]]]> http://www.readright.be/WDJ/2007/08/nimrod/feed/ 7