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cockaludicrous

adj

Etymology

From cock + -a- + ludicrous. Introduced in a 1987 book by feminist Mary Daly.

  1. learned borrowing from lūdicrus
  2. formed as cockaludicrous — “cock + -a- + ludicrous”

Definitions

  1. Ridiculously androcentric or patriarchal.

    • If we consent to this cockaludicrous conceit—if we believe that the Earth is a lump of unconscious matter owned by elite men—we are far more susceptible to the belief that we are equally powerless, passive, and possessed.
    • The world could be so cockaludicrous, so full of snools and dickspeakers.

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