cod2 noun, slang 1 a hoax. 2 a parody. verb (codded, codding) 1 to hoax someone. 2 to parody. ETYMOLOGY: 20c as noun, 19c as verb. (http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/chref/chref.py/main?query=cod&title=21st)
What Alan said. The most famous usage in recent years was the "cod fax", deployed by the Guardian newspaper against Jonathan Aitken (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Aitken), a bent politician.
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Date: 2005-08-16 08:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-08-16 10:09 pm (UTC)cod2 noun, slang 1 a hoax. 2 a parody. verb (codded, codding) 1 to hoax someone. 2 to parody.
ETYMOLOGY: 20c as noun, 19c as verb. (http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/chref/chref.py/main?query=cod&title=21st)
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Date: 2005-08-16 11:57 pm (UTC)