cock sock

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Noun

cock sock (plural cock socks)

1. (slang, vulgar) A garment designed to cover the penis, either as a novelty item or for the purpose of modesty.

   Hyponym: (UK slang) willy warmer

   • 1976 May, “Movies”, in Playboy, volume 23, number 5, page 22:

     To Barry Sandler, author of the screenplay, an Obscene Oscar—for peddling the year’s outstanding example of R-rated pornography; with special mention for the scene in which Lombard gives Gable a handknitted cock sock […]

   • 2003, Paul Ruditis, Queer as Folk: The Book, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 106:

     Costume designer Patrick Antosh explains that the birth of the cock sock came from his work on the film American Psycho. “There was a scene with Christian Bale running around entirely naked covered in blood. He didn’t want to do full frontal nudity, so I developed a spandex pouch that fits over the entire genitalia. […]

   • 2020 July 13, Felippe Canale, “Meet the Guy in Melbourne Knitting Socks for Cocks”, in Vice‎^[1]:

     I was scrolling one afternoon when I saw a post from a guy in Melbourne selling crochet cock socks for $150 each.

2. (slang, vulgar, euphemistic) A condom.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom

See also

• wank sock