
Originally Posted by
LawsonStone
Can anyone enlighten me as to why a word in my post was treated as profanity? The term used is most certainly not. It means "overly self confident" and draws on the metaphor of a rooster strutting about the barnyard. No dictionary I know of identifies the contemporary use of the word as being profane. My PhD includes studies in linguistics, by the way, so I know a little about words and how they are used.
I'm happy to avoid the word, but I also am puzzled that a word I have heard in Sunday sermons is unfit for this forum ;-)
Then again, maybe I go to some earthy churches!