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Pillock

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stupid or annoying person; a simpleton; a fool. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang

    "What is it now, you great pillock?"

  2. 2
    a person who is not very bright wordnet

Etymology

In the middle of 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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