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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Cock-up #73295 06/17/2002 11:30 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada In the "As...as" thread, FishonaBike (pardon if I spelled your handle wrong, Fish!) mentions an absolute shambles as being a cock-up. Now I've heard the phrase "a cock-up" before - but what is its derivation? Reminds me of happy days watching The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin: "Bit of a cock-up on the catering front...." Let us go in peace to love and serve the board. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cock-up modestgoddess 06/17/2002 11:30 PM Re: Cock-up wwh 06/18/2002 1:50 AM Re: Cock-up belMarduk 06/18/2002 2:15 AM Re: Cock-up modestgoddess 06/18/2002 2:24 AM Re: Cock-up slithy toves 06/18/2002 2:55 AM Re: Cock-up FishonaBike 06/18/2002 10:07 AM Re: Cock-up FishonaBike 06/18/2002 10:03 AM Re: Cock-up Wordwind 06/18/2002 10:12 AM Re: Cock-up of troy 06/18/2002 12:19 PM Re: Cock-up FishonaBike 06/18/2002 12:50 PM Re: Cop belMarduk 06/18/2002 10:49 PM Re: Cop inselpeter 06/19/2002 9:15 AM Re: Cop dodyskin 06/19/2002 1:50 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,285 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 6 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,140 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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