What's the origin of the word: Cock-Eyed?

[aphex]

?

 

[Ika]

where a guy shoves his.... oh, never mind.

 

[Canai]

Like, something is cocked to the side. That something being one of the eyes.

 

[Xylitol]

The joke with the glass eye / hoe

 

[compuwiz1]

A guy was born without eyelids, so when they circumcized him they used the leftover skin to make eyelids...hence the term cock-eyed.

Hell, I really don't know.

 

[Rudee]

It's named after chickens which have eyes which don't always point in the same direction. The male chicken is called a Cock.

 

[Auric]

I'll hazard a guess that since cocks can move their eyes independently that such asymmetrical condition is considered cock-eyed; perhaps made more so by cocks' tendency to jerk head.

 

[Cyco]

Originally posted by: Auric
I'll hazard a guess that since cocks can move their eyes independently that such asymmetrical condition is considered cock-eyed; perhaps made more so by cocks' tendency to jerk head.

I applaud the ability to use cock, jerk, and head in the same sentance and it not be sexual.

 

[Iron Woode]

remember all those posts last year which asked you to look at their cock?

funny.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: Cyco

Originally posted by: Auric
I'll hazard a guess that since cocks can move their eyes independently that such asymmetrical condition is considered cock-eyed; perhaps made more so by cocks' tendency to jerk head.

I applaud the ability to use cock, jerk, and head in the same sentance and it not be sexual.

Be not so quick to discount the possibility of ornithic pleasures.

 

[FoBoT]

http://www.bartleby.com/81/3781.html

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Um....you'll get it when you're older.

 

[potato28]

It's when a guy has a little cock in his eye.