This WotD came from the Oxford Dictionary of English… If only I had a copy of the OED. :)

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.”