coco, v.
Forms:
19– coco, 19– cocoa. (Show Less)
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cocoa n., so adv. and conj.
Etymology: < cocoa n., apparently as rhyming slang for so adv. and conj. in ‘say so’ or ‘think so’.
Brit. slang (humorous).
intr. In I should coco, used as an affirmative: I should say so. Also in ironic use as an expression of disbelief, derision, etc.: I should think not.
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 23
She don't do so bad, I should cocoa.
1964 Listener 31 Dec. 1053/2
‘I should cocoa!’ I retorts... ‘They won't get me in the Kate—not in a million years they won't.’
1967 O. Norton Now lying Dead ii. 22
What me?.. I should coco. Sheila'd think I was off my head.
1995 Scotsman
(Nexis)
12 July 13
Safe? I should coco! that is not how the plot goes, boys and girls, no way!
2008 K. Fforde Wedding Season
(2010)
177
‘How horribly embarrassing!’ ‘I should coco,’ said James, chuckling softly.
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