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As an aside, people often misattribute where that word comes from. It's from dicker - squandering time by squabbling over petty things https://en.wiktionary.or
by kristopolous 3y ago
As an aside, people often misattribute where that word comes from. It's from dicker - squandering time by squabbling over petty things
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dicker https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dicker
It's certainly not polite but people claiming it's lewd have about as much ground to stand on as they do with the word "pussycat"
- spywaregorilla 3y agopusy and dick are common terms for lewd things. pussycat and dicker are not.
- PhasmaFelis 3y agoPast etymology isn't really relevant to how a word is actually used today. There are plenty of awful slurs that were once everyday words used offensively.