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Originally Posted by threepeckeredbillygoat
2. In some Southern US states, between 1920 and 1940, an African-American slang word for the vagina, possibly derived from cockles; a cock-opener was a penis. Quote: Dictionary of American Regional English*(1985): ' At a point roughly the same as the Mason-Dixon Line, there is a division in meaning, to the North cock refers to the male genitals, but in the South its use is restricted to the female genitals. Missouri is a border state in which both meanings are used.'
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Yeah, that sounds like a stretch.
For centuries, "cock" was slang for "penis" because it was derived from the Latin word for "rooster". And not just in English. The French word "coq" also refers to a rooster.
But for a 20 year period in the early 1900, the term was apparently misused by blacks in the south. So, that means that cock also legitimately means pussy? I think we can all disregard that misuse.