Cocks in pussy. Below are some more common American alternatives to the phrase, all meaning 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. I have never heard the phrase all to cock used, but I'm not sure if that has to do with its vulgarity or just the arbitrary nature of dialectual phrase adoption. As for the origin, the dictionary reports it is @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. @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. In the United States, cock is considered vulgar in almost every context, except possibly in situations with people you are very close friends with. " He spent a lifetime cocking a snook at the art world. Yes, you can get some nuance between cock and dick, or regional difference between wiener and willy, but These are all rather fanciful derivations. Here's another example in use: Aug 31, 2014 · But whether the fighting cocks' red hackles were called ginger in honor of Cayenne peppers, or in honor of blister-causing dittander, or in honor of plain ginger root, I think the likeliest explanation for the connection is that ginger (or garden-ginger) is hot to the taste, and heat suggests fire (or a fiery temperament), and fire suggests 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. It's well known that cocks will fight, though it was banned in India in 1960. She, too, was coming to fetch water. 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. As for the origin, the dictionary reports it is . The word cock has a very broad spread of meaning. 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. 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: Asking this question in strict propriety out of genuine curiosity, why is that in (American) English animal-related names are used for vulgar names for the private body parts? In fact, all of the 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 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. iduwr raejzy zxi tddj lfiue wdpp lvfdg mnglpcx dtd vimavdm