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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Cop #73307 06/19/2002 1:50 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk dodyskin addict dodyskin addict Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk I was watching a history programme the other day and a fletcher was demonstrating archery. He asserted that the phrase cock-up came from archery, when the arrow is drawn with the feathers in the wrong position (unsure what that is), misfires and spins away. 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,382 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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