Talk:Dick (slang)

Moby-Dick itself is a double-entendre

The novel is awash in phallic puns and 'sperm' whale riffs, genital trauma, an entire chapter on whale penises (where in a seaman wears and pretend to be a bishop 'bishoprick,' etc. - while the slangy intent of the title will probably never be able to be confirmed, it's an academically debated point, and it's certainly a bawdy enough work that it doesn't warrant being used a counter-example here.

Dick (insult)

This page was deleted at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dick (insult), mostly because it hadn't progress beyond a good stub, but was subjected to heavy vandalism. The initial author was user:Ensrifraff. user:Bongwarrior did a lot of the maintenance of it, and improved it a bit. I'm happy to give the text of the deleted article to anyone who wants to work on this draft. But please, please, please dont copy wholesale, otherwise the attribution history of the deleted page needs to be included in the attribution history of the new page, which is a nightmare. But it may provide some good ideas. I've searched through the deleted 'penis*' and 'dick*' deleted articles, and this is the only one with useful content. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 04:10, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

First, thanks for the tip, second, attribution history is no problem, as there are no copyvio or other revdeleted edits in the article history, so I can just slide that history under this one. Cheers! bd2412 T 04:31, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nod, it is a nightmare if someone doesn't do it correctly. Sounds like you're on top of the issue. Thanks for working on this! John Vandenberg ^(chat) 18:26, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Routledge book lists the use of the term to mean "detective" or "nothing". This draft only covers its use as an insult. If that's the intended scope of the article, then dick (insult) would be a better title than dick (slang). —rybec 19:23, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The scope I intend for the article is the whole gamut of slang uses of the word. All of these meanings seem to be developmentally related, in any case. Cheers! bd2412 T 19:31, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Remaining previously deleted content from Dick (insult)

Some previously deleted content has been merged into the new article, primarily for stylistic consistency. The remaining material is as follows:

A variant of "dickhead" used by people who do not wish to or cannot speak in vulgarity is the name "Richard Cranium" playing on the nickname for Richard and using a synonym for head. A dick is however, not offensive in certain cultures. American language commonly refers to others in this manner and is not considered very offensive at all unlike the word 'fuck'.

Cheers! bd2412 T 18:13, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Off the cuff

I am really not sure as to the validity of anything I type. Since a good number of Americans use the term, I would guess it would have to do with an American Richard. I always heard it as an insult for a jerk, more slang. However, what does pop to mind is the Watergate Scandal, with which I am not very familiar, and some people's dislike of President Nixon. However, I find it ironic that the term is widely used and many seem to have no idea why they are bleeping others with their "little Richard". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.108.160.19 (talk) 00:33, 25 June 2016 (UTC) 74.108.160.19 (talk) 00:36, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Human penis change

Technicaly the penis is a male organ present in all males and not females while the word human describes both males and femals So i would suggest that it should be changed to "males penis I got ya ay tog i (talk) 18:13, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that's necessary. The "human" distinguishes from other animals. The "male" is understood. BD2412 T 18:20, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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I Am A Dick — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.240.150.178 (talk) 03:19, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Dick" is not a euphemism

"Dick" is not a euphemism, rather a dysphemism, since it's generally considered to be more vulgar than the term "penis." It probably started out as a euphemism, but became a vulgar slang over time.

American usage bias

it can be used interchangeably with jerk.

Only in American English. English Wikipedia covers usage in the rest of the world, too (though you wouldn't know it, sometimes!). Although British & Commonwealth speakers are aware of jerk in the insulting sense, due to the overwhelming primacy of American culture, it certainly does not have the familiarity nor frequency of use as dick; nor, indeed, is it understood to have an equivalent "heat" of intensity. Nuttyskin (talk) 12:15, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Film title

The last paragraph should also mention the W.C. Fields film with the title The Bank Dick. In 1940, the meaning must have been obvious. -- 2003:E5:1741:32AD:C459:C9C7:9A75:933D (talk) 11:02, 16 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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