Talk:cod

Why is the sense given as "joke; a false imitation" given as being a noun, when in both of the examples (and, I think, in all other examples I have come across) it is used as an adjective?


 * Just because a noun is used attributively like an adjective doesn’t mean it’s an adjective. An example of this that is easier to understand is the word German, which may be either a noun or an adjective. If you say "he’s a German teacher" (stress on teacher), meaning that the teacher comes from Germany, German is an adjective. If you say "he’s a German teacher" (stress on German), meaning that he teaches German, then German is a noun (referred to as a noun adjunct or attributive noun). This sense of the word cod is a noun, but now is usually used attributively. —Stephen (Talk) 14:11, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Uncountable?
Why is "cod" (the fish) uncountable? It is an animal, so there can be one or more of them: one cod, two cod/cods, three cod/cods. It's not uncountable. Or am I missing something?

RFV discussion: November–December 2021
rfv-sense: A small bag or pouch. And maybe the other provincial one if you have nothing better to do. MooreDoor (talk) 20:55, 14 November 2021 (UTC)


 * Just noting here that this definitely exists. Need to find cites. This, that and the other (talk) 14:07, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I only managed to find one cite, unless you accept the many clippings of codpiece, which is definitely pouch-like. Kiwima (talk) 11:39, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
 * There's a Bacon quote, and something else I don't quite understand. This one has a few where "cod" clearly means "scrotum" but the highlighted use seems to just mean "bag". This, that and the other (talk) 04:19, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you,, this is now cited. Kiwima (talk) 22:14, 10 December 2021 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 23:28, 17 December 2021 (UTC)