Slog - Comments on It Has Come to My Attention... http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention ... that I misspelled the verb "cuckquean" in my review of The Nanny Diaries. Naturally, I am CRUSHED. Here I am, trying to popularize a really fantastic word that has--for unknown but clearly specious (sexist?) reasons--fallen into disuse, and I misspell it. How are you going to look it up in the OED? Jesus, I'm an idiot. Anyway, if you're curious—and especially if you don't give a flying fuck—here's what the OED has to say about "cuckquean": cuckquean, n. Obs. A female cuckold. 1562 J. HEYWOOD Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 62 Ye make hir a cookqueane. 1565 GOLDING Ovid's Met.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:49:27 -0800 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:44:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Or you can get it free from the National Library of Canada if you know the website for that.

Boo yea!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790616 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790616 Sex Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:54:11 -0800 Comment by Justin I would love- LOVE!- to use this word every day for the rest of my life, but... How is it pronounced?

]]> Justin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790646 Sex Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:25:22 -0800 Comment by adrian! annee, as eveveyone konws i misspell everthing. chin up.

]]> adrian! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790675 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790675 Sex Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:16:30 -0800 Comment by Smarm Clearly the modern pronunciation would have to be "cock queen."

]]> Smarm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790676 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790676 Sex Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:17:16 -0800 Comment by Sean Obscure words rule!

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790698 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790698 Sex Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:38:00 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I'm frankly a little annoyed you didn't spell it "cookqueane" like old J. Heywood did.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790739 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790739 Sex Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:01:58 -0800 Comment by rod Thank you for for bringing that word to my attention. I had been struggling for a word to describe the leading presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, but I knew there was something wrong with using cockold on her.

]]> rod http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790757 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790757 Sex Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:56:19 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell And thanks for the tip on the OED. I have this sick fantasy of owning a print copy to leaf through of a snowy evening.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790773 Sex Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:29:09 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You can get print copies at sales up in Canada - it's the required reference material for all government offices.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790839 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790839 Sex Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:02:40 -0800 Comment by S Damn, thanks for the OED link.

]]> S http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/it_has_come_to_my_attention#c790873 Sex Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:44:06 -0800