A doctor would say you have amblyopia and a polite person would call it lazy eye. Cockeyed is a proper English word, but it’s kind of rude when you use it to describe a person and not an object.
As a cockeyed person, it doesn’t bother me. People rarely say anything. Sometimes you can catch people being confused about which eye to look into but it’s brief.
I did have a kid say to me one time, “Wow, your eyes are like, seriously crossed!” I acted surprised and said, “Seriously? Oh my god! Do you think other people notice?” She felt bad about it and said, “No! No! It’s just where I was standing. I doubt anyone ever seen it.” :p
My eyes are nowhere near as bad as biggie’s though because my sweet mother got me surgery when I was 5 years old. I still thank her for it regularly.
That’s understandable, it’s definitely not on the level of like a racial slur or anything. But if my niece or nephew blurted that out about someone I’d want to put a stop to it pretty quickly, you know?
And oh my god, that story about the kid is hilarious and adorable!
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quixotic120@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 1y
Lemonparty@lemm.ee · 34 pts · 1y
The OG cooler ranch bags were, ironically, absolute FIRE 🔥🔥🔥
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 11 pts · 1y
We unironically need to return to 80's brand design. Nothing else. Just the squiggly lines.
norimee@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Is this the proper English word? Cockeyed? COCKeyed?
Mozingo@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 1y
Yea, it comes from the verb form of cock, meaning to tilt, same word used when we cock a gun. So one eye is just tilted.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
Most penises are tilted as well, hence the slang cock for penis
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
No idea if this is how the slang came about but I'll be confidently telling people this for the rest of my days.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
::: spoiler source: https://youtu.be/GM-e46xdcUo :::
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 1y
A doctor would say you have amblyopia and a polite person would call it lazy eye. Cockeyed is a proper English word, but it’s kind of rude when you use it to describe a person and not an object.
theangryseal@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
As a cockeyed person, it doesn’t bother me. People rarely say anything. Sometimes you can catch people being confused about which eye to look into but it’s brief.
I did have a kid say to me one time, “Wow, your eyes are like, seriously crossed!” I acted surprised and said, “Seriously? Oh my god! Do you think other people notice?” She felt bad about it and said, “No! No! It’s just where I was standing. I doubt anyone ever seen it.” :p
My eyes are nowhere near as bad as biggie’s though because my sweet mother got me surgery when I was 5 years old. I still thank her for it regularly.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
That’s understandable, it’s definitely not on the level of like a racial slur or anything. But if my niece or nephew blurted that out about someone I’d want to put a stop to it pretty quickly, you know?
And oh my god, that story about the kid is hilarious and adorable!
danc4498@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 1y
Technically it’s “cock for eyes” or if they have glasses “cock four eyes”
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y
Holy fuck he was such a chonk.
Dkarma@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 1y
I wonder why they called him biggie
Avg@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y
Personality I bet
mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
I knew he was big. But god damn. He is the mixing desk! Can't have been healthy.
Nythos@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Yet I don’t think it was his weight that killed him in the end
YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
What makes you think that??
JustZ@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
He was like 19 in this photo, too.