To think that "codpiece" no longer has any embarrassing connotations

[Alcachufa]

Long time lurk (via wife), first time post.

So I finally unpacked the fridge poetry and my first effort is printed below.

Our house is currently being renovated and the next day I found that my wife had replaced the word "codpiece" with "puppy".

I thought nothing of it, but today I mentioned it to her and she was quite upset that I'd used "codpiece" on the fridge while we had workmen in. She was embarrassed/didn't think it appropriate.

We've been together eight years and I'm completely at a loss for this, especially given that two of the three workmen are Mexican and don't know what "codpiece" means.

AIBU for thinking this word is totally innocuous these days?

Complete poem (punctuation not included in original):

"You fill up my codpiece with roses,
beseech me to yield up my thing*,
but the damndest of all of my woes is
when you open your lips
& sing."

*she changed "thing" to "ring", which I was fine with as it's equally cheeky.

[JeezyOrangePips]

I like it. It made me giggle, and id be happy to have that on my fridge. Your wife has had a hopefully temporary sense of humour bypass while she is stressing with the renovations.

Hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly!

[reddwarf]

that's just weird.

[OlaRapaceFru]

For the benefit of your Mexican builders you could replace codpiece with taparrabos and then your wife might not know what you're going on about.

[sawseesaw]

at up my ring

[sawseesaw]

at up my ring

[confusedpixie]

Yanbu, the only reason I know that it's not entirely innocent is because off mn, never heard it in rl and am sure most of my peers don't either.

Just asked dp and he's stumped.

And I just footless it to get specifics

[confusedpixie]

Googled dammit, not footless.

[RubyStolenBootyGates]

I was once invited to "smell my codpiece my lady, for it is stuffed with rosepetaals".

It was and I didn't. I am a Tudor in my spare time and this kind of thing is an occupational hazard. Codpieces loom large in our world, and jokes about stuffing them are rife.

[SigmundFraude]

That's actually quite romantic Ruby .

[eurochick]

Does he think the workman are delicate little souls who should be protected from the fact that there are sexual beings in the world? Odd.

[HolofernesesHead]

The word 'codpiece' puts me in mind of Blackadder :)

[picnicbasketcase]

It is a fairly revolting word though. Might as well write 'I have fishy bollocks' in permanent marker across the fridge.

[BedHog]

How would you even fill up a puppy with roses?

And 'ring' is 10x dodgier than 'thing'. And she completely ignored the boaksome 'open your lips and sing'.

[JeezyOrangePips]

Codpiece isn't so-named because of the fish. Cod is an old word for scrotum.

[picnicbasketcase]

I know, but when you see the word you don't think of that. You see 'cod' and think fish or bad typing.

[JeezyOrangePips]

That's not true. When I look at the word I think of the red 'word up' codpiece, I don't think of fish. Don't tell me what I think of when I read a particular word!

[Slothlorien]

@ bed hog

[BedHog]

I don't think fish when I see the word. I think Blackadder. Or Brian Blessed.

[RubyStolenBootyGates]

It was quite romantic... But I wasn't falling for that old chestnut. Oh no. I know what happens after that!
Bad poetry, Real ale you have to suck through your teeth to get the bits out, hay in your unmentionables.

[picnicbasketcase]

The fishy bollocks thing was just supposed to be funny, I had no idea I would make anyone angry about etymology. Many apologies.

[ikigai]

I think the image of stuffing a puppy full of roses is much worse than some fragrant crotch padding. Poor puppy

[JeezyOrangePips]

This always happens to me. I don't like littering posts with smilies so people think I'm angry. I'm not angry in the slightest!

[seeker]

I suppose it depends on whether you're thinking of it a name for a girl or a boy..............

[COCKadoodledooo]

When I see the word codpiece I think of an amusing incident that happened 20+years ago that I will never forget.

Fancy dress party. Chap dressed as Henry VIII. Realises (party was on a group weekend away) he's left his codpiece at home, so improvises with a tupperware bowl. Flashes said tupperware bowl several times after lots of beers. After even more beers, another mate says "Hey! Have you seen what's under R's doublet?!" and sticks his hand up under it.

I have never seen such a horrified expression in my life. R had found his tupperware codpiece uncomfortable and removed it. His mate had copped a handful of warm soft dangly bits

Your missus is a nutter btw op.

[OlaRapaceFru]

Actually, it's just occurred to me that I'm more surprised by the concept of 'fridge poetry', rather than the OP's use of the word codpiece in his slightly suspect ode to his DW.

Or am I hopelessly out of date? Is fridge poetry the done thing these days? [old gimmer emoticon]