Shirt-cocking art. Pyropolis, 2010. Photo by Stash.
Shirt-cocking, –verb, Shirt-cocking is when a man wears a t-shirt but but goes naked from the waist down. This practice is a natural outgrowth of Burning Man events which value “radical self-expression” but are held in clothing optional environments. Shirt-cocking has become one of the few genuine fashion faux pas in a community that otherwise turns a blind-eye (or a downright appreciative one) on all kinds of egregious peacock-like displays of one’s ability to combine neon colors and fun fur in new ways.
The potential offensiveness of a female counterpart to this behavior is still in question. When done by a woman, it is called Daisy Ducking.
Shirt-cocking was the subject of a somewhat heated debate recently in my local community. The controversy was made worse when an unidentified prankster made a whole bunch of signs supporting shirt-cocking, complete with ‘softpack’ dildos, and then left the signs behind as MOOP.
Thanks to Meat Popsicle for suggesting this entry and April Reign for input.
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BeverBlousing:
The female equivelent to shirt cocking. also not ok.
There has been some discussion of this topic with other names suggested — Daisy ducking and shirt-cunting also. However, it is not received with the universal hatred that shirt-cocking is — and some people think certain looks on women (i.e. men’s button down formal shirt with nothing else) are actually sexy. Then we get into more complex territory like what about shirt-vesting?
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I BeaverBloused on the way to the porta johns a few times when waking up for the first time of the day. This was in an attempt to cover myself with the nearest item of clothing in my morning mental fog. Most days I just made the journey in a pair of shoes, I guess that is more appropriate?
It’s all probably better than the time I groggily decided only sneakers and my purple tophat were the appropriate early morning porta-john attire…
Cross-reference with DONALD DUCKING. When a woman does it while wearing a dildo, I’ve heard it called SKIRT-COCKING.
I know this post is quite old, but I came across it when I was trying to find out if two of my favorite terms for this phenomena have been used before, or if I in fact made them up:
Blouse-boxing (shirtcocking for women)
Shirtcocking Birkensocker — a man who is wearing only a shirt, socks, and Birkenstocks (which I have seen on the playa!)
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Shirtcocking was mentioned on @cracked today (http://t.co/2sr1xMc) & the Lexicon’s getting extra traffic (http://t.co/l4A2z1E). Coincidence?