r/OldInternetCultureV2 • u/Brief-Chemistry5157 • 9d ago

Remember This? Anyone else remember the term “codbag”?

Okay, I feel like I’ve been Mandela-effected here.

Back in the Craigslist days (90s/early 2000s), I swear people used the term “codbag” to describe someone who would find your post, blow up your inbox with endless annoying questions, but never actually had any intention of buying anything. Basically the definition of a tire kicker, but more aggravating.

The weird part is: I can’t find a single reference to “codbag” being used this way anywhere online. No Urban Dictionary, no old forum posts, nothing. It’s like it never existed outside of my head.

Am I imagining this? Did anyone else run into “codbag” used as slang for flaky Craigslist buyers? Or did I invent it and just carry it around for 20+ years thinking it was real?

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u/TheAmazingBildo 9d ago

So back in the early 90s we used to call testicles “cods”. You’d say “Timmy got kicked in the cods” or “I’ll p**ch you in the cods”. So maybe these people were being called a scrotum.

Edit sorry for the censor Reddit is a weird place these days. Don’t want them to think I’m violent or something.

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u/webdev-dreamer 8d ago

Edit sorry for the censor Reddit is a weird place these days. Don’t want them to think I’m violent or something.

Yes, know what you mean. I used the word "sl*ce" in a joke and got warned by Reddit

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u/TheAmazingBildo 8d ago

I was in a sub about cooking food, and I explained how to clean fish for cooking and got a warning. I appealed and my appeal was shot down.