pvc as in the bondage stuff??? its so bendy n stuff...+ hard pots are good cos then u dont get broken balls in your pot and stuff, especially if u play front cos they will break more easily, pots are onlike £2 anyway
twas a piece of marterial that was 'padded' and sewn onto the crotch of a gentleman's trousers back in the medieval days he then did not need to take his trousers off for a piss because the cod piece had little hinges which he could undo and 'old faithful' could flap out
i love the way you think it's british slang tho. Imagine someone in britain saying codpiece today without laughing their asses off