Talk:Dick (slang)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 (