cockblock

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Etymology

Rhyming compound of cock +‎ block; likely a back-formation from cockblocker.

First attested among black teenagers in the US in the early 1970s.

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Verb

cockblock (third-person singular simple present cockblocks, present participle cockblocking, simple past and past participle cockblocked)

  1. (vulgar, slang, originally African-American Vernacular) To make or attempt to make another's intended goal of romantic relationship or sexual intercourse impossible.
    • 1972, Edith Folb, A Comparative Study of Urban Black Argot: Final Report‎, page 135:
      [T]o COCK BLOCK: to interfere with a male's attempt to 'win over' a female, even if the other male is not interested in the female himself.
    • 1986, A. R. Flowers, De mojo blues: de quest of HighJohn de conqueror‎, page 94:
      Excitement surged through him and his groin tingled tight. He heard himself growling low in his throat. At his stop he considered staying on. Maybe she would get off without the dude. Cockblocking chump motherfucker.
  2. (by extension) To prevent someone from achieving a goal, aggressively getting in the way (e.g., an intentionally difficult level of a video game).

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Noun

cockblock (plural cockblocks)

  1. (vulgar, slang) The act of cockblocking.
  2. (vulgar, slang) A person who cockblocks.

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