[HN Gopher] How the codpiece flopped
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       How the codpiece flopped
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 48 points
       Date   : 2024-02-04 19:40 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | Freak_NL wrote:
       | Interesting titbit in the last paragraph: apparently in the Wolf
       | Hall series based on Hillary Mantel's trilogy, the codpieces in
       | the show weren't as big as they ought to have been given
       | historical evidence.
       | 
       | That, at least, Blackadder got right:
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       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5A55eWbiBI
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       | Maybe a tad more modest (season 2 might have gotten it exactly
       | right, although the codpiece seems to have been getting less
       | popular by then during the reign of Elizabeth I).
        
         | OJFord wrote:
         | And, talking of comedies, over-sized in _Upstart Crow_. (The
         | play at least, I can 't recall if there was the same joke in
         | the TV series - certainly not recurring in their regular
         | costume.)
        
         | nwatson wrote:
         | There's also Season 2 of Wolf Hall itself, filming sometime
         | soon. Maybe they'll get the codpieces right this time, but it
         | will be an awesome series regardless.
        
       | bicx wrote:
       | braguette
       | 
       | New word for the day.
        
       | JumpCrisscross wrote:
       | > _very word "codpiece" comes from the Old English "cod", meaning
       | "scrotum"_
       | 
       | Wait, how did that transfer to the fish?
        
         | function_seven wrote:
         | According to [0] it's not the same origin. Phew!
         | 
         | 0: https://www.etymonline.com/word/cod
        
       | trhway wrote:
       | Missing it. The modern pants aren't that accommodating for the
       | right blood flow and temperature, especially when sitting for
       | prolonged time.
        
       | renewiltord wrote:
       | You will never convince me that peascod is not a facetious
       | verlan-style reference to codpiece. Pease-cod vs. cod-pease. Come
       | on!
        
       | Liftyee wrote:
       | IIRC some choose to have a codpiece fitted to their wetsuits.
       | Whether it serves a functional or cosmetic purpose is up for
       | debate.
        
       | strangus wrote:
       | No mention of Cameo.
        
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