yarblockos

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word yarblockos. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word yarblockos, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say yarblockos in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word yarblockos you have here. The definition of the word yarblockos will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofyarblockos, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian яблоко (jabloko, apple); coined by Anthony Burgess in 1962, when he introduced it within the invented slang Nadsat found in his dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange.

Pronunciation

Noun

yarblockos pl (plural only)

  1. (slang, mildly vulgar, augmentative, rare) Testicles; bollocks.
  2. (slang, mildly vulgar, figurative, uncountable, rare) Courage, fortitude, or machismo.
    Synonyms: (vulgar) balls, (vulgar) bollocks, (vulgar) cojones, guts, nerve, chutzpah; see also Thesaurus:courage
    • 1993 December, Sheli Teitelbaum, “Stallone Demolition Man”, in Cinefantastique, volume 24, number 5, Forest Park, Illinois: Algol Press, →ISSN, page 16:
      The police, only barely adept at directing automated traffic, need an action hero to contain Snipes. But the only one around with yarblockos of sufficient mettle—Sly, of course, as former tough-guy cop Sgt. John Spartan—has himself been on ice for the last 25 or 30 years.
      Describing the plot of the 1993 film Demolition Man.