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And why the hell are they even associated in the first place?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just pointing out that Yiddish has several dozen words for types of dick, used to describe men's personality or status. Like Schmuck. I'm told Yiddish has zero words for Vagina, out of respect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Definitely all 3 came at some point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Maybe Richard's ace, did you consider that? /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Someone had to be first...

I'll get mt coat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Origin and evolution of the pejorative slang

In the mid-17th century, dick became slang for a man as a sexual partner.[5]Β For example, in the 1665Β satireThe English RogueΒ byΒ Richard Head, a "dick" procured to impregnate a character that is having difficulty conceiving:

The next Dick I pickt up for her was a man of a colour as contrary to the former, as light is to darkness, being swarthy; whose hair was as black as a sloe; middle statur'd, well set, both strong and active, a man so universally tryed, and so fruitfully successful, that there was hardly any female within ten miles gotten with child in hugger-mugger, but he was more than suspected to be Father of all the legitimate. Yet this too, proved an ineffectual Operator.[6]

An 1869 slang dictionary offered definitions ofΒ dickincluding "a riding whip" and an abbreviation of dictionary, also noting that in theΒ North Country, it was used as a verb to indicate that a policeman was eyeing the subject.[7]Β The term came to be associated with the penis through usage by men in the military around the 1880s.[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_(slang)

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Richard Head

I'm sorry, his name was what?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Keyword: "satire". I assume that was pen name for comedic value.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Dick Head... his name was Dick Head.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. Thank you fellow Lemming πŸ‘

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Richard was actually the original name for the penis given by God. ...Until the "white man" started calling it penis.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There are plenty of other names and I'd be surprised if the ones you used are the oldest or even the most popular.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Penis is derived from the Latin for "tail". As penis came to mean schlong over time, Latin switched to cauda. Dick only became a euphemism for the fuckstick in the 1980s. Why? I have no idea. But other proper names are/have been used including "Peter", "Johnson", and "John Thomas" that I can think of off the top of my head.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It would be awesome if you or someone could provide a link towards a relevant article backing what you said. But hey, your words sound loosely legitimate.. πŸ‘

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Prior to the adoption of the Latin word in English, the penis was referred to as a "yard".

No wonder men love working in the yard. It’s just an extension of playing with their penis.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Damn, that reminds me, I left my penis out on the balcony to dry. I'll be right back..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Detachable penis if you've never heard the song.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Penises are called dicks because of the idiomatic reference "every Tom, Dick and Harry" for ordinary people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

As a long term owner of a dick, I'm pretty sure we don't have periods.

Disclaimer: Not a doctor.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Think mint juleps on a breezy afternoon, but with dicks in them. Clinking around with the ice. See where I’m going with this?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

No, but please elaborate...