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cockaludicrous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (derogatory, rare, slang, vulgar) 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. 1993 October 1, Jane Caputi, Gossips, Gorgons & Crones: The Fates of the Earth, Santa Fe: Bear & Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 5:
   • What bothers me most is her dualistic outlook - and "men = bad, women = good" -- even *if* as she's stated it isn't *all* men and *all* women; Goddess Knows that men in power have been *such* jerks!!! so it's not hard to see where she's coming from, and in certain moods it just gives me great pleasure to see her blast 'em and expose their "cockaludicrous" commentary […] 1997 October 31, Richard Holmes, “Re: Feminist Theology ???”, in alt.feminism (Usenet):
   • The world could be so cockaludicrous, so full of snools and dickspeakers. 2010 December 26, Sara Corbett, “Gyno-theologian”, in New York Times Magazine, →ISSN, page 14:

Forms

wikipedia: Mary Daly