@over_clox to [email protected] • 5 months agoWhich word came first? Richard, Dick, or Penis?message-square33arrow-up154arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareWhich word came first? Richard, Dick, or Penis?@over_clox to [email protected] • 5 months agomessage-square33file-text
minus-square@over_cloxOPlink5•5 months agoWell yeah, obviously. Lots of other terms for it as well. But seriously, who, why, and when did they decide to nickname the penis as a dick? And who decided that Dick is an appropriate nickname for Richard? And who named the organ the penis in the first place?
minus-squareKaryoplasmalinkfedilink2•edit-25 months agoPenises are called dicks because of the idiomatic reference “every Tom, Dick and Harry” for ordinary people.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•5 months agoThink mint juleps on a breezy afternoon, but with dicks in them. Clinking around with the ice. See where I’m going with this?
minus-squareDr. BoblinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoBut we had Dick Nixon, Dick Cavett, and Dick van Dyke during that period.And lots more. So I don’t think that’s it.
minus-square@over_cloxOPlink2•5 months agoAs a long term owner of a dick, I’m pretty sure we don’t have periods. Disclaimer: Not a doctor.
Well yeah, obviously. Lots of other terms for it as well.
But seriously, who, why, and when did they decide to nickname the penis as a dick? And who decided that Dick is an appropriate nickname for Richard?
And who named the organ the penis in the first place?
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:penis
Penises are called dicks because of the idiomatic reference “every Tom, Dick and Harry” for ordinary people.
Explain
Think mint juleps on a breezy afternoon, but with dicks in them. Clinking around with the ice. See where I’m going with this?
No, but please elaborate…
But we had Dick Nixon, Dick Cavett, and Dick van Dyke during that period.And lots more. So I don’t think that’s it.
As a long term owner of a dick, I’m pretty sure we don’t have periods.
Disclaimer: Not a doctor.