"Cock"

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Thu Feb 10 21:26:45 UTC 2011


At 3:45 PM -0500 2/10/11, Wilson Gray wrote:
>http://listentoleon.net/index.php/2009/03/23/adult-swim-power-rankings/
>
>has an illustration punning on the SE/BE meaning of _cock_ as a slang
>term, as opposed to the standard slang meaning.
>--
Really?  I don't see where _cock_ = 'female genitalia' is involved
here, if you're referring to the "I [heart] COCK FIGHTING" hat logo
in the cartoon.  Am I missing something?

LH

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