Cock! (No, it's not what you think.)

[vvvexation]

A few years ago I tried to settle a word usage debate with a roommate by asking friends what they thought, but didn't have the occasion to ask that many friends and so never came to any definite conclusion. It's only just occurred to me that I now have available a much more efficient way of gathering opinions. Not that I'll ever be able to wave this in my ex-roommate's face as we don't seem to talk any more (this appears to have something to do with the fact that he owes me money, but we won't get into how I feel about that), but 'twill be useful for my own edification.

So, without further ado:

[Poll #442526]

Edit: Disregard the fact that it can also refer to a rooster or the angle of one's hat. Or a dildo. I'm just looking for penis-related applications here.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

In some sexual contexts, it also applies to a dildo.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Mmm, good point. I suspect that doesn't significantly alter the question at hand, though.

[terpsichoros.livejournal.com]

Would you, in a not-very-sexual context, refer to one of those non-erect dildos as a cock?

[zwol.livejournal.com]

Sure. Q.v. "... he grabbed the nearest thing to hand, which as it happened was a 15-inch rubber cock, and proceeded to beat poor old Smithy to death with it."

Line of dialogue from Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

So that's what it takes to get you to comment. *smirk*

[zwol.livejournal.com]

Tar-Baby, he don't say nothin'.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

*is alarmed to discover her boyfriend is petroleum-based*

[zwol.livejournal.com]

100% biologically synthesized macromolecules, baybee.

[zwol.livejournal.com]

I have to correct that - it's only 99.9% or so. Forgot the tooth fillings.

[januslazarus.livejournal.com]

Damn, you have a lot of tooth fillings.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Gasp. And I thought zwol was crawling out of the woodwork.

[januslazarus.livejournal.com]

I'm still fully submerged in the well of woodwork, just sometimes manage to affect the outside world through quantum tunneling.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Powerful force, that.