What does "cod reggae" have to do with fish, anyway?

I only ever hear it appended to the word 'reggae' for some reason though. makes me think of someone playing reggae in a tuxedo for some reason? no idea why.
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"Dog Latin, also known as Cod Latin, macaronic Latin, mock Latin, or Canis Latinicus,[1] refers to the creation of a phrase or jargon in imitation of Latin..."

Just keep lining them up, dl, and we'll keep smashing them out of the ground..

codd v.t. To fool or bluff a person

surely related to 'kid' amirite?

And behind the door of one of the closets there was a drawing in red pencil of a bearded man in a Roman dress with a brick in each hand and underneath was the name of the drawing:

Balbus was building a wall.

Some fellow had drawn it there for a cod. It had a funny face but it was very like a man with a beard.

THere's cod inteligentsia or cod intellectual or something similar too.
THink I may have heard cod classical used for populist orchestral fare too.

& I think I've heard cod mystical.
Seems to be somewhat exchangeable with the word pseudo

related:

codswallop

Alternative forms:
cod's wallop

Etymology

Unknown, attested from 1959 episode of UK TV series Hancock’s Half Hour. The writers (Galton and Simpson) state that the phrase was in general use when the show was broadcast.[1][2] A national TV appeal in the UK in 2006 failed to find earlier references.[1] Originally written (1963) codswallop, spelling cod's wallop is later.

Various etymologies are proposed from some sense of cod, such as from cod (“scrotum”) (as in codpiece), from cod (“joke, imitation”)[1] + wallop (“beer (slang)”), hence cod + wallop “imitation beer” (with interconsonantal -s- to ease pronunciation of -dw-), or from cod (“fish”) (some part of the fish, as from fishing industry).

Walloper

- Bob Marlin

Reggae all about the Bass

Lee Catch Perry

Or Fish Catch Perchy or something

p sure it derives from codicil

http://www.rodstewart.com/tag/another-country/

It also gave me the freedom to experiment with different sounds like reggae

Cod Stewart

I'm years late but here's an article on "cod reggae".

http://thequietus.com/articles/17129-the-joy-of-cod-reggae

i'm surprised i'd never come across this before.

I'm surprised that playlist is so bad.

... bad at illustrating cod reggae, that is, not bad musically.

After posting the Quietus article to FB, a friend replied with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dVseBq-MSA

it's everyday usage in Ireland fy

Not only that but the word 'cod' is the memorable centrepiece of this monologue that proves forever that Irish football punditry is better than the backslapping former pro world of the BBC, even if it's arguably wrong in hindsight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsuovF1pzJ0

... bad at illustrating cod reggae, that is, not bad musically.

Just hearing "Seaside Woman, by Linda McCartney, for the first time. Seems to be made for this thread.

It's undeniably terrible.

Good B-side though!

Was not prepared for this Guess Who Cod Reggae cringefest I just heard on SiriusXM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va0o6dU6rlI

i regret to inform you that that's calypso

faux-lypso i should say

"Cod-lypso" was right there.

yes, not really reggae ;-) it's got a sort of Donovan vibe hasn't it?

but corny dudes trying to go reggae is a guilty pleasure of mine, I have to admit. Especially when it's Laid Back doing it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNowU63PF5E

O wombe! O bely! O stinking cod, Fulfild of donge and of corrupcioun! At either ende of thee foul is the soun.