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Thread #67057   Message #1118417
Posted By: CarolC
18-Feb-04 - 10:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: grenade in the glove box. Dumb American
Subject: RE: BS: grenade in the glove box. Dumb American
...peacock, cockamamie, cock-sure, a cocked gun, cocky, petcock, cockpit... we even say cockle.

We use those all the time. The article must be pretentious nonesense.