everybody gangsta until they come to know that Dick was actually a common name back then (in the middle ages), like have none of y'all ever heard of the phrase "Tom, Dick and Harry" before?? it's used to refer to unidentified ppl
this is taken from wikipedia: Dick is a nickname most often for Richard, which likely originated in the Middle Ages as rhyming slang for "Rick", as did William → Will → Bill and Robert → Rob → Bob. The association with "penis" is more recent, arising from Dick becoming a cliché name for any man, as in Tom, Dick and Harry. The use of the nickname Dick has declined drastically in recent decades due to the association of Dick with a penis.
everybody gangsta until they come to know that Dick was actually a common name back then (in the middle ages), like have none of y'all ever heard of the phrase "Tom, Dick and Harry" before?? it's used to refer to unidentified ppl
this is taken from wikipedia: Dick is a nickname most often for Richard, which likely originated in the Middle Ages as rhyming slang for "Rick", as did William → Will → Bill and Robert → Rob → Bob. The association with "penis" is more recent, arising from Dick becoming a cliché name for any man, as in Tom, Dick and Harry. The use of the nickname Dick has declined drastically in recent decades due to the association of Dick with a penis.