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kristopolous on July 15, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Chuck E. Cheese's 1982 Annual Report For Kids [pdf...

As an aside, people often misattribute where that word comes from. It's from dicker - squandering time by squabbling over petty things

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dicker

It's certainly not polite but people claiming it's lewd have about as much ground to stand on as they do with the word "pussycat"

PhasmaFelis on July 16, 2023 | [–]

Past etymology isn't really relevant to how a word is actually used today. There are plenty of awful slurs that were once everyday words used offensively.

spywaregorilla on July 15, 2023 | [–]

pusy and dick are common terms for lewd things. pussycat and dicker are not.

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