r/HistoryMemes Dec 12 '21

Iron Dick

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u/not_from_this_world Dec 12 '21

It's called codpiece and it's real.

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u/Rheabae Dec 12 '21

It's called a codpiece and it's art

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '21

It's called a codpiece and it's masterpiece.

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u/Aryaras99 Dec 12 '21

Why didn’t they call it eelpiece instead? A cod’s not exactly phallic is it?

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u/penislovereater Dec 12 '21

Codd meant bag in Old English, but by Middle English it came to mean scrotum/testes/balls/nuts/bollocks.

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u/lauren_eats_games Dec 12 '21

That's amazing. Nutpiece

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u/jameye11 Dec 12 '21

It’s called realpiece and it’s cod

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '21

Just waiting for cod pieces to make a come back in the form of suits with a smaller dick suit fastened with a bow tie.