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Originally Posted by Kundalinguist
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Pillock:
Noun for Idiot, fool. Originally a slang term for the penis but fairly inoffensive now its this meaning has been forgotten. Derog. ref British Slang Dictionary
You silly pillock, why did you do that for?
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We tend to use it to someone who deliberately acts foolish for humouristic effect. And generally when you agree it was funny (as in this case)
When it is used ABOUT a third party,(Him? What a bleeding pillock!) it becomes er insulting again. See also Prat Twat and Berk.*
Canada, USA, etc and England - lands united AND divided by a single language.
*Not to be confused with Prat Twat and Pillock, the well known firm of Glasgow solicitors.