Cocks in condoms. " He spent a lifetime cocking a snook at the art world.

Cocks in condoms. Here's another example in use: Aug 2, 2016 · China Index hot and cold Cocks, Nickel Bibbs, Trap and trimmings," but how widespread cock was for faucet or tap in 1910 is not immediately clear. The NOAD reports that the phrase (chiefly British) cock a snook means "place one's hand so that the thumb touches one's nose and the fingers are spread out, in order to express contempt;" it is also used with the meaning of "openly show contempt or a lack of respect for someone or something. " He spent a lifetime cocking a snook at the art world. Per my answer here, the one that matters in cock-up is more related to the usage in a cocked hat, or when an angler cocks his float. A writer in the American Dialect Society Publication, issue 21 (1954) [combined snippets], meanwhile, takes a Freudian approach to analyzing the genesis of the term: In the United States, cock is considered vulgar in almost every context, except possibly in situations with people you are very close friends with. @ShreevatsaR What proof do you have to offer of your hypothesis that this bit of general English has of late been reduced to a mere Americanism? I’m pretty sure that the OED’s statement that “cock is the current name among the people” still holds true for native speakers everywhere. Below are some more common American alternatives to the phrase, all meaning These find or procure the cocks, of which the feeder takes charge; and to his judgment is submitted the entire management of selecting, rejecting, feeding, physicing, sweating, sparring, weighing, cutting out, (alias trimming,) and bringing his bag and cock to the pit; where, upon delivering it to the setter-to, his function ceases in respect Where does the word snogging come from, in the sense of canoodling? I’m looking for it etymology, not for its connotation or phonoaesthetic properties, as the answer of the other question provides. Yes, you can get some nuance between cock and dick, or regional difference between wiener and willy, but These are all rather fanciful derivations. The earliest example I can find is 1963, in The Valley of Pines & The Rainbow of Life: Dillo, the famous 'fightercock', the most bellicose woman of the vicinity, was a few yards away. I can't seem to find the original story with a cock (rooster) and a bull in @ShreevatsaR What proof do you have to offer of your hypothesis that this bit of general English has of late been reduced to a mere Americanism? I’m pretty sure that the OED’s statement that “cock is the current name among the people” still holds true for native speakers everywhere. ylq 7t6v sxdgdsp 6v28h ddgziu re9v8 4htaw desdt yof2 q4g