Horlicks

English Pronunciation en En-au-Horlicks.ogg AU en /ˈhɔːlɪks/ non-rhotic en ɔːlɪks 2 Etymology 1 thumb|175px|A mug of Horlicks The name of the drink, first sold as "Horlick's Infant and Invalids Food", is derived from the surname of its developers, Sir James Horlick, 1st Baronet James (1844–1921) and William Horlick (1846–1936); equivalent to en Horlick -'s possessive marker. The term later became a euphemism for en bollocks mess; to make a mess of. Alternative forms en horlicks Noun ~ * en chiefly British A hot bedtime drink made with malted milk. en 1990 Barbara Hanrahan A Chelsea Girl Ulverscroft Large Print Books 9780708921371 When the theatres turned out, people flocked back for their Horlickses and cocoas. Because of the summer visitors, we were open till one o'clock in the morning. en 2016-12-06 Jeanette Winterson Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days Grove/Atlantic, Inc. 9780802189745 Kathy, drinking Horlicks and laughing about the impossibility of custard (she could not cook – she could not even stir), and obsessive about everything, found out for me that Dylan Thomas had invented a fantasy en 2021-03-10 Helen Jones I Am a Real Person AuthorHouse 9781665586986 It did seem very odd though, drinking Horlicks in the middle of the day. From then on, first thing in the morning, after all meals, and last thing at night, Ruth made me a big mug of Horlicks. Every day, Horlicks. All day, Horlicks. en chiefly UK slang euphemistic en bollocks Bollocks, a mess or balls-up. en hash mess-up muddle en 2021-03-01 Carol Midgley McDonald & Dodds review – cheerful escapism and filth-free distraction w:The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mcdonald-amp-dodds-review-cheerful-escapism-and-filth-free-distraction-tx8xm09fv McDonald & Dodds is back, with episode one so deliberately hammy and meta that, technically, it should have been a complete horlicks. In one scene, when they were all hanging on to the balloon ropes, Mr Bean-like, to stop Jason Watkins flying away, it sort of was. https://web.archive.org/web/20230602205345/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mcdonald-amp-dodds-review-cheerful-escapism-and-filth-free-distraction-tx8xm09fv 2 June 2023 en chiefly UK slang euphemistic en bollocks Bollocks, nonsense, false statements. en Thesaurus:nonsense en 2018-10-08 w:Hannah Devlin Sleep: how much do we really need? w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/08/sleep-how-much-do-we-really-need As sleep patterns come unstuck and more and more people complain of not getting enough shuteye, so businesses have spotted an opportunity. And beware any consumer product which claims it will transform your slumber: it’s probably a load of Horlicks. en 2022-12-23 Archie Bland Friday briefing: The Crown discourse, Elon Musk tweets and 15 more things to leave behind in 2022 w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/23/first-edition-things-we-hate “I don’t condone any abuses of human rights anywhere. But if we’re not condoning human rights abuses anywhere, I wouldn’t even be able to perform in my kitchen.” Which is total Horlicks, clearly, but did at least bless us with this cheering reply: “Robbie, what are you doing in your kitchen?” Verb en chiefly UK slang euphemistic To make a mess of (something); to bollocks. en 25 September 1993 Stuart Wolfendale Column Eight w:South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/article/45313/column-eight I have seen a priest massacred in charge of a Mass, experienced schoolmasters carbonated in charge of a class and felt hairdressers Horlicksed in charge of hair clippers. / On a more lasting level, it is possible for surprisingly long periods of time to be drunk in charge of a relationship. en 2001-06-28 Senan Molony Inquiry a training ground for linguistic acrobatics w:Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/inquiry-a-training-ground-for-linguistic-acrobatics-26084956.html Mr O'Brien has admitted that he was tempted to pay £100,000 to Mr Lowry, out of his own personal generosity, because he had heard pub talk that Mr Lowry's Streamline Enterprises was "Horlicksed"[—]that's a word the Irish Independent has to use as an "intermediary" because the real word is too rude. en 2009-04-15 alland...@live.co.uk SKY News - Dead Man Walking uk.media.tv.misc https://groups.google.com/g/uk.media.tv.misc/c/sBdF5mhgZ74/m/PPfj1DSm0hsJ One does wonder how the history books will treat Gordon if, as it now looks, he won't even still be PM by the time the next election comes along. / Indeed, if he hadn’t horlicksed the economy with nuclear abandon would they have even mentioned him at all? en 23 August 2009 w:Ben Dirs Strauss's England worthy winners BBC Sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bendirs/2009/08/aesthetically_could_it_have_be.html https://web.archive.org/web/20210109133646/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bendirs/2009/08/aesthetically_could_it_have_be.html Not the groundsman's fault Australia horlicksed it all up in the space of a couple of hours on Friday. en 14 March 2022 Sam Philip Citroen C4 PureTech 130 – long-term review Top Gear (magazine) Top Gear https://www.topgear.com/long-term-car-reviews/citroen/c4/12-puretech-130-shine-plus-5dr-auto/report-6 Assuming the Citroen engineers haven’t really Horlicksed things up, which I suspect they haven’t, electric should be the neatest of fits for the comfy, untaxing C4. https://web.archive.org/web/20250722031322/https://www.topgear.com/long-term-car-reviews/citroen/c4/12-puretech-130-shine-plus-5dr-auto/report-6 22 July 2025 en Etymology 2 Variant of en Horlick. Proper noun es en. en 2012-04-11 Tricia Bennett Polly Brown: A Modern-Day Oliver With a Twist Charisma Media 9781616389307 “But how can this be, for Mr. Horlicks suffered from such a painful back condition that he could hardly walk?” she informed Hodgekiss. “Not anymore!” said Hodgekiss with a twinkle in his eye. en 2017-03-21 Barbara Trapido Frankie & Stankie Bloomsbury Publishing USA 9781620408810 ... causing Mr Horlicks to think, in several worried thought bubbles, that She's not the girl I married. She then goes on to take tea in a café with a wise woman friend. Both Mrs Horlicks and her wise friend are always depicted en 2018-01-09 David Plante American Stranger: A Novel Open Road Media 9781504050128 And this will go on and on in that way until they are invited to Buckingham Palace to dine with the queen, who they are absolutely sure is the center, and will drop this bit of information when they meet the Horlickses at a reception, en 2021-09-09 Chips Channon Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2): 1938-43 Random House 9781473567207 The Crown Prince went to the Horlickses. I have hardly seen him and am quietly, tactfully freezing him off. Sent off long letter to the Regent, my child, and to Peter. I feel somehow that the New Year will benefit me and bring Etymology 3 Proper noun en proper noun form en Horlick en Beverages en eponyms