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Cockatrice
Cockatrice: a legendary medieval European monster, part rooster and part serpent, hatched from a cock's egg brooded by a toad or snake, deadly with its glance; closely conflated with the basilisk since the 13th century.
Cockney
Cockney is the traditional working-class dialect of East London, which narrowed from applying to all Londoners in the 18th century. It is characterized by th-fronting, h-dropping, and rhyming slang.
Cockroach Janta Party
Cockroach Janta Party (कॉकरोच जनता पार्टी, CJP), satirical Indian youth movement founded 16 May 2026 by Abhijeet Dipke after CJI Surya Kant's 'cockroach' remark; not a registered party, smartphone-with-cockroach symbol, slogan 'Secular, Socialist, Democratic, Lazy', forced Education Minister Pradhan's resignation.
Cocktail party effect
The cocktail party effect, named by Colin Cherry in 1953, is the ability to follow one voice among many; it also covers detecting one's own name in unattended speech and drives hearing-aid and speech-separation research.
Coco (folklore)
El Coco, also called El Cuco or El Cucuy, is the shapeless bogeyman of Spanish and Latin American folklore, invoked in lullabies to frighten children into obedience; documented from the 15th-16th century, portrayed by Goya, and declining among children today.
Cocoa crisis (2020s)
The cocoa crisis of the 2020s was a supply-driven price shock in which cocoa bean prices rose from roughly $3,000 per tonne in mid-2023 to records above $11,000 in 2024.
Cocoa hold-up
A cocoa hold-up was a collective refusal by West African cocoa farmers to sell their crop, used in the Gold Coast to pressure expatriate buyers into paying higher prices.
Cocoa liberalization in Côte d'Ivoire
Cocoa liberalization in Côte d'Ivoire was the dismantling of state-run cocoa marketing, ending the 37-year price-fixing system and CAISTAB on August 12, 1999, before a partial return to managed pricing in 2012.
Cocoanut Grove fire
The Cocoanut Grove fire, Boston, November 28, 1942, killed about 490 people at the 17 Piedmont Street nightclub, the deadliest US nightclub fire, and drove advances in burn medicine and fire codes.
Cocoliztli epidemic of 1545
The cocoliztli epidemic of 1545 (Epidemia de cocoliztli de 1545), known as huey cocoliztli, swept New Spain from 1545 to 1548, killing an estimated 5 to 15 million people.
Cocom dynasty
The Cocom dynasty, also written Kokom, was the Maya ruling lineage of Mayapán, dominant in the northern Yucatán until a Xiu-led revolt ended its rule in the 1400s.
Cocom–Xiu wars
The Cocom–Xiu wars were conflicts between two Maya lineages of the northern Yucatán, ending in a Xiu revolt that destroyed Mayapán in the mid-15th century.
CoCo都可
CoCo都可, also written CoCo, is a Taiwanese bubble-tea franchise founded in May 1997 in Tamsui by three co-founders including 洪肇水, with stores across China and over 25 other countries.
Cod Wars
The Cod Wars: three disputes (1958-61, 1972-73, 1975-76) between Iceland and the UK over Iceland's expanding exclusive fishery zone, from 4 to 200 nautical miles, resolved in Iceland's favor via NATO-related threats.
CodaMetrix
CodaMetrix Inc. is a Boston-based health technology company selling an AI platform for autonomous medical coding, which grew out of 2019 work at Mass General Brigham.
Codat
Codat is a London-based fintech data-infrastructure company founded in 2017 by Peter Lord and Alexander Cardona, providing an API linking small-business financial data to lenders.
Code Metal
Code Metal, Inc. is a Boston-based startup founded in 2023 by CEO Peter Morales that uses AI to translate code between languages with formal verification for defense customers.
Code name
Code name: a word assigned a classified meaning to conceal plans, operations, projects, or people. Covers WWII operational code words (Torch, Husky), CIA cryptonyms (AM prefix), NICKA nicknames, and code word management.
Code Noir
The Code Noir is the March 1685 edict of Louis XIV, drafted under Colbert, that regulated slavery in the French Caribbean colonies; also edicts of 1723-1724 for Réunion, Mauritius, and Louisiana. It classified enslaved people as movable property and was formally repealed only in 2026.
Code of 101 Articles
The Code of 101 Articles (Malagasy: Lalàna 101) was a royal code of the Merina kingdom of Madagascar, promulgated in 1868 under Queen Ranavalona II.
Code of 1607 (ukaz on peasants)
The Code of 1607 (Уложение 1607 года о крестьянах) was a Russian statute fixing peasants to the landowners recorded for them in the 1592/93 cadastral books.
Code of Civil Procedure (India)
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (CPC), Act V of 1908, is India's principal statute on civil court procedure, in force since 1 January 1909, succeeding the codes of 1859, 1877, and 1882.
Code of Civil Procedure, 1859
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1859 (दीवानी कार्यविधि संहिता) was a British Indian statute, Act VIII of 1859, the first uniform code of civil procedure in India.
Code of conduct
Code of conduct: a voluntary, self-regulatory written statement of ethical standards, compliance obligations, or policy binding employees, members, or contractors; types include codes of compliance, ethics, and best practice, with historically mixed effectiveness evidence.
Code of Criminal Procedure (India)
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), Act No. 2 of 1974, was India's principal criminal procedure statute, in force from 1 April 1974 until repealed by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, effective 1 July 2024.
Code of ethics in media
Code of ethics in media: written professional conduct standards for journalism, from the 1923 ASNE Canons and the SPJ Code (four principles, voluntary, not legally enforceable) to AI-era revisions worldwide.
Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the official codification of the general and permanent rules that US federal agencies publish in the Federal Register, divided into 50 titles.
Code of Gentoo Laws
The Code of Gentoo Laws is an English digest of Hindu law published in London in 1776, translated by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed from a Persian version of a Sanskrit compendium.
Code of Hammurabi
The Code of Hammurabi, or Laws of Hammurabi, is a Babylonian law code of 282 judgments from about 1750 BCE, known for "an eye for an eye."
Code of Laws of the Russian Empire of 1832
The Code of Laws of the Russian Empire of 1832 (Свод законов Российской империи) is a 15-volume code of Russian law prepared by Mikhail Speransky.