cock-up
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cock-up
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First definition is a deverbal from cock up.
Third definition is a shortening of cockernonnie.
noun cock-ups
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A mistake.
If the zodiac was already developed in 2000 BC, it must have been kept as a cult secret or in some non-Babylonian country; this would be a 1500-year conspiracy theory. More likely is the individual cockup theory, viz. the naivety of Eudoxus himself.
Similar: screw-up, fuck-up, aberration, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, disadventure
- A superior letter; a lower-case letter placed above the baseline and made smaller than ordinary script; traditionally used in abbreviations. The first word of every section or chapter is generally put in small capitals, after a small neat cock-up letter.
- A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun. Cockernonie, a gathering up of the hair of women, after a fashion similar to that of the modern "chignon," and sometimes called a "cock-up." Mr. Kirkton, of Edinburgh, preaching against "cock-ups"—of which chignons were the representatives a quarter of a century ago—said: "I have been all this year
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Talk about this word "cock-up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cock-up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cock-up. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cock-up "cock-up." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cock-up.Cite this
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title = {cock-up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cock-up},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
