LRod said:

Anyway, sometime in the '90s, someone got a wild hair that "cock" was
not an appropriate word to use in the modern, sensitive, gender
neutral environment we were now working in. So, ignoring the
particular definition of "cock" in use, even though it was correct,


I recall being chastised rather severely for using the word "bitch" in
mixed company. The conversation at that point had touched on dog
breeding.