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HelpRe: Dick as a nickname for Richard
in reply to a message by MKBOreo49
Very bad idea, and there's a very good reason why Dick has been out of fashion for several generations.
It doesn't just mean the penis; it also means an unpleasant person, like an asshole.
No, kids would not be mature about it, and it might "toughen" young Richard up by making him a brawler with a big chip on his shoulder. And even if by some chance no one ever teased him about it, he would soon enough learn the slang term and would not appreciate it.
You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
It doesn't just mean the penis; it also means an unpleasant person, like an asshole.
No, kids would not be mature about it, and it might "toughen" young Richard up by making him a brawler with a big chip on his shoulder. And even if by some chance no one ever teased him about it, he would soon enough learn the slang term and would not appreciate it.
You're entitled to your own opinions. You're not entitled to your own facts. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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sorry that my comment enticed negative reactions. My question was purely hypothetical, and it seemed as though some of you thought I was having a child and giving them this nick-name, which I am not, which seemed to be the reason for which some of you had an exceptionally negative reaction to my comment. I'm sorry for my possible confusion in my initial comment.
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you'd have gotten the same reaction ...
Even if you explicitly stated you weren't actually planning to do it.
Even if you explicitly stated you weren't actually planning to do it.
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Sorry
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