• KurtVonnegut
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    5 hours ago

    Did the meaning of the word “dick” change over time, or something like that? Or did morals change. Or both?

    • AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Yeah, “dick” wasn’t a phallic word until more recently. Dick Tracy being a Private Dick wasn’t funny. Nor was Nixon being known as Tricky Dick.