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Dick Come
"fellow, lad, man," 1550s, rhyming nickname for Rick , short for Richard , one of the commonest English names, it has long been a synonym for "fellow," and so most of the slang senses are probably very old, but naturally hard to find in the surviving records. The meaning "penis" is attested from 1891 in Farmer's slang dictionary (possibly British army slang). Meaning "detective" is recorded from 1908, perhaps as a shortened variant of detective . As a verb, "to bungle; to waste time," also "to cheat, treat badly," by 1969, American English (often with off or around ).
The story of Dick Whittington's cat is an old one, told under other names throughout Europe, of a poor boy who sends a cat he had bought for a penny as his stake in a trading voyage; the captain sells it on his behalf for a fortune to a foreign king whose palace is overrun by rats. The hero devotes part of his windfall to charity, which may be why the legend in England has been attached since 16c. to Sir Richard Whittington (d. 1423), three times Lord Mayor of London, who died childless and devoted large sums in his will to churches, almshouses, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
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April 28, 2012
Daven Hiskey
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Today I found out why Dick is short for Richard.
The name Richard is thought by most etymologists to derive from the Proto-Germanic ‘Rikharthu’, meaning more or less “hard ruler” (‘Rik-‘ meaning ‘ruler’ and ‘-harthu’ meaning ‘hard’). This was adopted into Old High German as ‘Ricohard’, and from there to Old French, then Old English as ‘Richeard’, and today as ‘Richard’.
You might think from Richard meaning “hard ruler” and being a man’s name that Dick being a nickname for Richard probably came about for pejorative reasons, borrowing from one of the other meanings of “dick”, such as ‘dick’ as in ‘jerk’ or ‘dick as in ‘penis’. However, the first record of ‘dick’ meaning ‘jerk’ didn’t come about until a few hundred years after its association with Richard and the first record of it referring to a penis wasn’t until the 1890s, as a British army slang term. Exactly how that latter meaning came about isn’t known, being a slang term that was considered somewhat uncouth to put on paper. Because of that, ‘dick’ meaning ‘penis’ probably had been around a while before the 1890s, but not nearly long enough before to have contributed to the Richard/Dick connection.
How Dick became a nickname for Richard is known and is one of those “knee bone connected to the thigh bone” type progressions, somewhat similar to how the word ‘soccer’ came about . Due to people having to write everything by hand, shortened versions of Richard were common, such as ‘Ric’ or ‘Rich’. This in turn gave rise to nicknames like ‘Richie’, ‘Rick’, and ‘Ricket’, among others. People also used to like to use rhyming names; thus, someone who was nicknamed Rich might further be nicknamed Hitch. Thus, Richard -> Ric -> Rick gave rise to nicknames like Dick and Hick around the early 13th century.
While few today call Richards ‘Hick’, the nickname ‘Dick’ has stuck around, and of course has come to mean many other things as well. Its persistence as associated with Richard is probably in part because around the 16th century Dick started to be synonymous with ‘man’, ‘lad’, or ‘fellow’, sort of a general name for any ‘Tom, Dick, or Francis” (which by the way appears in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, written in the late 16th century, with Dick at this point firmly established as an “every man” name). It may well be that this association with ‘man’ is in turn how ‘dick’ eventually came to mean ‘penis’.
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Please note that “dick” in German means “thick.” You can buy something in Germany called “dick milch” which is (like) yogurt, meaning “thick milk.”
http://www.vocabulix.com/translation/german/thick.html
also interesting in this vein is the german word; Schwanz. Normally means tail but in slang means penis.
“That’s what she said” has been around for much much earlier than the ’70’s. My father used to use it in the late 50’s, early ’60’s, when we kids were little, having no idea what he was talking about. But he thought he was pretty funny, and so we did too, him being our dad and all.
Did your fater document it? They first time it was documented was in the 70s
As my name is Dick, and etymology is one of my hobby’s, the reason why one who is called Richard, is called sometimes Dick to close friends is in my modest opinion very different. I fact it’s simple. In the Western part of Europe being a Catholic, boys are called Dirk. They are baptized as Theodoor. Theodoor comes from Theodoricus. The last part of this name is Ricus, Ricardo, Richard, Dirk…..Dick!!!!!
Actually, a Greek name.
Referring to Dick as a penes. In my theory: The Dutch call a penes: Pik! In the late 16 and 17th Century, the youngest on board ships were called Pikbroek. Meaning a Penis in ones trousers. In those days, there was a lot of sea trade between the Brits and the Dutch, they simply didn’t listen closely, hearing PIK, the translated it in to Dick. Dick or Dirck, is a common name in Holland, and not in Germany!
Dirk is a very common name in Germany. I have 2 Dirks in my family and know 3 more of the top of my head.
I am not young, but Dirk, is not a common name in Germany, sorry. It used to be a common name in the Netherlands, and Belgium.
If you know someone named Richard, ask him if Dick is short for Richard, and if he says yes, say “Your girlfriend must hate that.”
How Dick became short for Richard? He did too many steroids. Ok, i don’t have anymore jokes
Back in the early 70s, my girlfriend (now wife) and I went to the Cellar Door in Georgetown, Washington, DC, to see Canadian singer Anne Murray. When her band came out to warm up the audience, the leader said, “The band’s name is Richard; that’s long for Dick!”
Back in high school, we used to tell one classmate, whose first name was Richard, “, you’re a Dick!” He later married a girl and converted to Judaism, so now I guess he’s just a schmuck. ;- )
I never understand why americans call shortened names nicknames, in the uk a nickname is a name that is completely different to the persons own , usually something to do with their personality, its usually given in a form of familiarity or its given as derogetry I once knew a person whose surname was Fairweather, he was called Stormy by people who knew him. Bob for Robert to me is just short for Robert its not a nickname
…I don’t think there’s any actual cultural difference between the meaning of the word “nickname” between the US and the UK.
They’re just using it too loosely.
On a side note, one of my greatest pet peeves about visiting grammar sites
is listening to fuckheads from the UK bitch about things they know
nothing about, yet act like they know everything.
Shit, sorry I read that as 2 months instead of 2 years for some reason.
Well, regardless. There’s my take on comments like this really old one.
Maybe as the language comes from the English, which is a nation on the island of Britain, and they also find it annoying to see other people using their language differently?
From what I seen, there does seem to be a cultural difference. In the US, I notice that most people tend to use abbreviated names and nicknames interchangeably. In the UK, it tends to be frowned upon to use nickname (informal) in certain formal situations and with people who are merely acquaintances, whereas universally accepted abbreviated names (Bob for Robert) is generally acceptable.
Isn’t it simply that nickname is just a short name for the real name? If so, you are just right.
Dick for penis? Comes from the linguistic term for a contextual pointer called deixis (simplistic explanation) deixis points, so does a penis, or dick.
I think before Richard Nixon the word Dick was not so negative
does Jesse stands for Ismael?
anyone?
Jesse is short for Jesus (pronounced “Hey-soos” in Spanish). What I want to know is how, in Spanish, is Chuy a nickname for Jesus?
While English speakers don’t name their kids Jesus we do name them Jesse and Joshua which are in essence the same name as Jesus.
Probably because of JESUS (Heh-soos) > JE-CHU (Heh-chooh) > CHUITO (Chew-ee-toh) > CHUI (Chewie*)
Wrong. Jesse is Hebrew name. Jesus is Greek for Hebrew Joshua.
“Richard” was originally pronounced more like “Rickard”. The practice of changing the initial letter of the shortened form of someone’s name (mentioned in the article) was very common in the middle ages, though you’d only do it with someone you knew very well, or risk a punch on the nose. So “Dick” came from “Rick”. It’s also how “Bob” came from “Rob” and so on.
The Saxons had trouble pronouncing some Norman words (and vice versa), and the “Ritchard” pronunciation is the Saxon variant.
Regarding “his dying dick,” I would suggest it stems from Latin “dictum,” and should be understood to mean “his dying statement” or something to that effect.
You get Dick from Richard by pulling down Richard’s pants. (I’m a terrible person, I’m aware. 🙁 )
Thank you for the BEST laugh I’ve had in MONTHS!
Wiping my eyes! Clutching my belly! Slapping my knees! Literally!
Great. Now tell us why and how the name Johnson came to be associated with a dick, er, penis.
Some ass made it up! Lol! No pun intended lol!
I always wondered about this, and now I know.
What I DON’T get / know is why anyone called Richard would WANT to be known as Dick. There are so many other nicknames (or, for you lot across the pond, informal versions) for Richard.
At the bottom of the article like always 🙂
My dad has always said that “All Richards are Dicks.” Can’t disagree!
My name is Richard, Jr. My Dad went by the name Dick. So he was Big Dick, I was Lil Dick. It would throw people off when they heard my family saying our names. I tell people that as a joke, and they just shake their heads. I don’t go by Dick, but if someone calls me that, I will respond. I tell people that as a joke, and they just shake their heads. Even worse, my Dad was Dickie to my family. I would invite my friends to family parties, and they would have fits trying to figure out who Uncle Dickie was to the little kids. When I told them that was my Dad and I was Dick, they shake their heads & laugh. It is fun, I’ve been called Ricky Ricardo, Ricardo, Richard the Lion Hearted, Richie Rich, Ricky, Rich the Son of a Bitch, it’s ridiculous. But Tricky Dick, hell no. Don’t like that one.
I just tell everyone that Richard (Dick) is associated with the words (Every Man)
But parents that name there child Richard is because he has a exceptionally big one…. That usually stops the conversation unless my wife is around….. lol
I was always told it was because in centuries past, when Germany Royalty sat on thrones of England, and many more Germans had immigrated to America, it made sense. Dietrich (pronounced Dee-trick) is the German form of Richard, hence why a Dietrich of Germany became King Richard of England. (Look it up if you don’t believe me). They essentially use the German nickname on both the German AND English form of the same name. This is the practical short version reason. How Dietrich is Richard? Then you can look at phrenology history but Richard=Dietrich=Dick is the every day man’s reason.
Actually the English kings named Richard were all French or of French origin – of the Plantagenet line. The British royalty didn’t have a German connection until 1692 with George I, more than 200 after the death of Richard III.
My name is Colin Butts. When my state offered personalized license plates, I asked for CBUTTS.
Not only would they NOT let me have it, but they wouldn’t explain why.
I’m going to name my kid, “Richard Nixon Butts” (Dick N Butts), in honor of our greatest president.
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