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  • verb Present participle of bollix.

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Examples

  • It takes so long to get the whole truth, ‘nutin’ but the truth, struth, so help me long live flogging frigging bollixing blogging.

    Blogging in Tehran (good) Blogging in Lancashire (bad) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • I don't trust the state to patch a pot hole without bollixing the job, so I certainly don't trust the state to decide medical matters.

    Defending Your Existence 2008

  • These days, science is telling us that we are bollixing up the planet by dumping tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

    Postmodern Climatology Sean 2008

  • Like every other top priority, it seems this government is bollixing it up.

    CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2007 2007

  • Like every other top priority, it seems this government is bollixing it up.

    CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2007 2007

  • They want Chen there so they can abuse and humiliate him -- and further, since he won't show, so they can blame him for not showing and bollixing up the works.

    Paralyze the Government, Attack Chen Michael Turton 2006

  • Just when you think your capacity to be surprised by some blunder or mishap committed by this Administration has reached some sad apex--so that your ability to get dumbfounded anew has just plain maxed out--you are left sadly awestruck by the sheer scale of the bollixing yet again.

    Archive 2006-08-01 Tripp 2006

  • Just when you think your capacity to be surprised by some blunder or mishap committed by this Administration has reached some sad apex--so that your ability to get dumbfounded anew has just plain maxed out--you are left sadly awestruck by the sheer scale of the bollixing yet again.

    Back to the front Tripp 2006

  • At the risk of bollixing one of his own statements, the time is very much in joint.

    Mental multivitamin M-mv 2006

  • They want Chen there so they can abuse and humiliate him -- and further, since he won't show, so they can blame him for not showing and bollixing up the works.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Michael Turton 2006

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