different between wazzock vs pillock

English

Etymology

Possibly from wiseacre, influenced by pillock, or possibly wazz +? -ock. First attested in the 1984 novel When the Martians Land in Huddersfield by Mike Harding. Harding later suggested that the term came from the instrument used to fling a monarch's excrement out the window.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?waz?k/

Noun

wazzock (plural wazzocks)

1. (Britain, originally Northern England, mildly derogatory, slang) A stupid or annoying person.
   • 2016 18 January, Victoria Atkins MP, House of Commons debate concerning Donald Trump:

     I turn, as I must, to Mr Trump. His comments about Muslims are wrong. His policy to close borders, if he is elected as President, is bonkers. If he met one or two of my constituents in one of the many excellent pubs in my constituency, they may well tell him that he is a wazzock for dealing with the issue in that way.

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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

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Anagrams

• Pollick, lip lock, lip-lock, liplock