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.

Nobody did codpieces quite like Bruegel the Elder.

He'll have her eye out if he's not careful.

But he only did common codpieces. I like a bit of bling on a codpiece myself.

This has made me smile a lot this morning. I love the word codpiece.

"You fill up my codpiece" just reminds me of the John Denver song.

You fill up my codpiece like a night in a forest,
Like the mountains in springtime,
Like a walk in the rain, like a storm in the desert,
Like a sleepy blue ocean.
You fill up my codpiece, come fill it again.

Come let me love you, let me give my thing to you,
Let me drown in your laughter, let me die in your puppies.
Let me lay down beside you, let me always be with you
Come let me love you, come love me again.

Definitely still in use chez Feckless due to Black Adder and DS1 constant playing of R4's The Castle on his ipod ( he's a slightly odd 14 ... )

Impressed with the level of magnetic poeticalness on your fridge OP Our's was frankly filthy and it was a bit of a relief when DS2 stuck them all to the inside of the washing machine and soapy doom over took the lot

Arf at spare time Tudoring

COCKadoodledooo I have copied and pasted your tale to a friend, I thought it was that funny. Thank you for sharing it!

Love the original poem btw.