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Title: Cocking a Sn00k(s)
Post by: Blunt on April 05, 2011, 01:45:17 PM

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Cock a snook

Meaning

A derisive gesture.
Origin

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In trying to explain the origin of 'Cock a snook' it would be helpful to know what a snook is. Unfortunately we don't really.
There is a species of fish called snook, but it isn't that, unless there's a form of derisive gesture that I've had too sheltered an upbringing to be aware of.
A snook is also a promontory of jutting out land. That could have something to do with the gesture as it does involve sticking fingers out.
Apart from this single phrase, snook isn't a word you would expect to hear very often. It is sometimes reported to be derived from snout, as in thumbing one's nose.
That's possible but, although snout and snook are somewhat similar, why didn't they just 'cock a snout'. That term doesn't appear to be recorded.
The general understanding of what's meant by 'cock a snook' is the spread hand with thumb on the nose, preferably with crossed eyes, waggling fingers and any other annoying gesticulation that comes to mind at the time.
It's what the Americans call 'the five-fingered salute'.
The use of cock is also difficult to explain. Again it might refer to the sticking out and turning up of the fingers. That would be in line with the term cocked-hat in which the brim is turned up jauntily.
It could also be a reference to the shape of a cock's comb, which is rather like the shape of the gesture. It took some time for the gesture as we now know it to be established

But enough of that, time to congratulate the latest Black-Ops badgee...

Sn00ks
:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

Title: Cocking a Sn00k(s)
Post by: BrotherTobious on April 05, 2011, 01:52:23 PM

Wow I am so mixed with learning and wanting to congratulate. Well done Snooks :)

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Post by: Tutonic on April 05, 2011, 02:21:25 PM

I always thought a Snook was a man who wore impossibly loud trousers.

Congrats on the badge fella :)

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Post by: Toxteth on April 05, 2011, 02:23:36 PM

I always thought Snooki wanted smoosh smoosh?

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Title: Cocking a Sn00k(s)
Post by: T-Bag on April 05, 2011, 02:51:44 PM

Well done.

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Post by: Penfold on April 05, 2011, 03:02:57 PM

Nicely done Sn00kums

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Post by: DuVeL on April 05, 2011, 04:26:02 PM

Nicely done sn00ks!

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Post by: Icarus on April 05, 2011, 10:50:02 PM

wp snookems

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