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If it's not obvious: "Dick" was a nickname for Richard long, long before it became a slang word for "penis". And the newer meaning is probably why almost no Ri
by arrowsmith 2y ago
If it's not obvious: "Dick" was a nickname for Richard long, long before it became a slang word for "penis".
And the newer meaning is probably why almost no Richards go by "Dick" anymore.
- irrational 2y agoMy wife had an elementary school teacher Richard Weiner who went by Dick. You can't make these things up.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoRichard Arthur Assman got more than his 15 minutes of fame due to his name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Assman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Assman
- arrowsmith 2y agoNo-one believes that I went to school with someone called Ben Deacock, but it’s true.
- Huffers2 2y agoI still laugh occasionally when I remember an army career video I saw in school which featured (among other officers) a "Major Richard Head".
- irrational 2y agoMajor Dick Head must have been praying for a promotion to Lt Colonel.
- qingcharles 2y agoMy friend knew a Michael "Don't call me Mike" Hunt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hunt
- SiVal 2y agoYes, Dick has been a nickname for Richard for about 800 years but only got its modern slang meaning in probably late-19th or early 20th century. It seems to have come out of the British military from the phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry", which were such common names that the phrase meant every ordinary man. (Tommy was already slang for "British soldier".) And from there, one more evolutionary step for mankind....
- chuckadams 2y agoWW1 coined “Jerry” for a German soldier, thus giving us Tom and Jerry