Used to attribute a statement, opinion, or piece of information to a person named Cocker, indicating that the following content reflects that person's view or claim.
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British Englishneutral
An ironic or dismissive phrase used to invoke an authority named Cocker, often to lend mock credibility or to suggest reliance on an obscure or questionable source.
3.
British Englishinformalironic
A literal citation formula meaning 'as Cocker says' or 'in Cocker's account.'
4.
British Englishinformalironic
A colloquial device for attributing an assertion to an external figure when the speaker wishes to distance themselves from or lightly mock the claim.