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:
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>>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.
>>
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