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Perhaps from the exaggerated size of the codpiece? One thing leads to another. Why cod for the male appendage? Surely sea cucumber would be a better fit. Though it might be too cucumbersome a word. I found myself thinking of "butterfingers" yestere'en, have failed to find a source. Is it an Americanism, or are other anglophones as clumsy? (Apparently not before the Viking raids. (Online Etymological Dictionary: "1597, from M.E. clumsid "numb with cold," pp. of clumsen "to benumb," from O.N. klumsa, intens. of kluma "to make motionless." Presumably those Vikings knew a lot about cold.). At 10:43 AM 5/9/2009, you wrote: >cod simply means pretend but I don't know where it's from > >Tim A. >On 9 May 2009, at 15:20, Jon Corelis wrote: > >>I've occasionally seen the word "cod" used in books by British writers >>as an adjective, apparently, from the context, meaning something like >>"gauche" or "camp," though it's hard to tell, and I haven't been able >>to find an adjectival use in a dictionary. Can anyone clarify this >>use and where it comes from? Thanks. >> >> >>-- >>=============================================== >> >> Jon Corelis http://jcorelis.googlepages.com/joncorelis >> >>===============================================