Thanks for the link -- you solved a nagging mystery for me[0]. In the '90s, I worked for a tech guy from Texas who referred to the clippers that we used to cut

Thanks for the link -- you solved a nagging mystery for me[0]. In the '90s, I worked for a tech guy from Texas who referred to the clippers that we used to cut the ends of zip ties off as dikes. Of course, being a teenager, the term often came with a raised eyebrow from me since it was commonly used as a slur for lesbians. He was the only person I've encountered in my life who used that term in that manner and over the years I just assumed it was some bit of obscurity related to where he started working in systems. I guess not! [0] I'm sure the right Gooble query would have gotten me an answer but it teetered on the edge of "I don't care enough to bother" until the answer was presented.