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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Today’s Word
cucking-stool noun
Historical. A chair to which disorderly women were tied and then ducked into water or subjected to public ridicule as a punishment.
? origin Middle English: from obsolete cuck ?defecate?, of Scandinavian origin; so named because a stool containing a chamber pot was often used for the purpose.
That is definitely an obsolete word.
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July 6th, 2008 at 9:01 am
That is definitely an obsolete word.
I’m not so sure it should be obsolete. It would not be a bad punishment for gross displays of muffin top and plumber’s crack. And for manufacturers of spandex who make garments larger than a certain size. But then, I cheered on the Singapore government when that caned that little shit who scribbled paint on their walls.
:p
I also have my doubts about the given etymology – it appears to contain the same root as the word cuckhold:
” “Cuckold” is derived from the Old French for the Cuckoo bird, “Cocu” with the pejorative suffix -ald. The earliest written use of the Middle English derivation, “cokewold†occurs in 1250.”
July 6th, 2008 at 9:44 am
I did notice the similarity to cuckold.
This WotD came from the Oxford Dictionary of English… If only I had a copy of the OED. :)