different between pillock vs sillock

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

pillock (plural pillocks)

1. (Britain, mildly derogatory, slang) a stupid or annoying person; simpleton; fool.

Translations

Synonyms

• (British, mildly pejorative, slang): a stupid or annoying person; wazzock, plonker

References

Anagrams

• Pollick, lip lock, lip-lock, liplock

English

Etymology

From sill (“newly hatched young of fish, fry”) +? -ock, ultimately from Old Norse síl/síld (“herring”), whence also dialectal Swedish sil (“the young of fish, fry”) and Norwegian sil (“sand-eel”). More at sile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.l?k/

Noun

sillock (plural sillocks)

1. (Scotland) A pollock or a coalfish, sometimes especially a young coalfish.

References

• sillock in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.