Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To cuckold or cuckquean, to be sexually unfaithful towards. · To turn into a cuckold or cuckquean, to cheat with the partner of (someone). · To weaken or emasculate, to render pathetic. · To fool and thus lower the status of, to exploit the trust or tolerance of (to one's own benefit and the other's disadvantage); to make into a cuck (one who acts against their own interests).
A cuckold or cuckquean. · A weakling. · One who meekly and submissively acts against their own interests, or those of their own race, gender, class, religion, etc.
Etymology tree Middle English cokewold English cuckoldclip. English cuck Clipping of cuckold or cuckquean. The sense of weakling, race traitor, etc. apparently originated on 4chan in 2014 and migrated to Reddit soon after.
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