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People are offended by "cockpit"? I've never heard of that. It only takes a few seconds to look up the etymology, which comes from coxswain -- the person in cha

People are offended by "cockpit"? I've never heard of that. It only takes a few seconds to look up the etymology, which comes from coxswain -- the person in charge of steering a boat.

zeveb 10y ago
> People are offended by "cockpit"? People are stupid, really stupid. And some of them have huge chips on their shoulders. Combine the two and you get magic.
burkaman 10y ago
I don't think so. Googling only brings up jokes about it.