Comments on: Turns Out Dick Is Really Interesting. https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/08/25/turns-out-dick-is-really-interesting/ Sat, 27 Aug 2016 02:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: CherryBombSim https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/08/25/turns-out-dick-is-really-interesting/#comment-464057 Sat, 27 Aug 2016 02:59:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22774#comment-464057 Often, if there is a shift in the initial consonant to get the nickname, the consonant changes to a plosive. Richard > Rick > Dick, Edward > Ted. If the initial consonant is already a plosive, it does not usually change in the nickname. Thomas > Tom. J doesn’t usually change, either. It’s not a rule, but it is pretty general.

]]> By: Doug https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/08/25/turns-out-dick-is-really-interesting/#comment-464056 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:31:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22774#comment-464056 I wonder then how Spotted Dick (a British pudding) came about. In any case Richard Nixon was truly a dick 😉

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/08/25/turns-out-dick-is-really-interesting/#comment-464055 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:24:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22774#comment-464055 In reply to Philip.

Philip: Nice.

Also in Liar’s Poker, the term “geek” is used as the opposite of a Big Swinging Dick, apparently, though the word geek goes back much earlier and with different meanings.

]]> By: Philip https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/08/25/turns-out-dick-is-really-interesting/#comment-464054 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:43:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22774#comment-464054 “Big Swinging Dick” for those who make a big impact in financial trading came into common use after Michael Lewis cited it as normal trading floor language in his book Liar’s Poker, about Saloman Brothers, published in 1989.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/08/25/turns-out-dick-is-really-interesting/#comment-464053 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 21:44:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22774#comment-464053 One of those terms that is difficult to get anywhere with using Google.

]]> By: Eric Lund https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/08/25/turns-out-dick-is-really-interesting/#comment-464052 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:52:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22774#comment-464052

It is a Britishism

It’s also used on this side of the pond, most frequently applied to the Wall Street counterparts of the City boys, but it’s somewhat more general, as I understand it. I don’t know which direction the expression crossed the Atlantic.

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