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Help[Opinions] Re: Does everyone here hate these names?
in reply to a message by greenbeans
Dick is definitely outdated, and probably the fact that it became socially acceptable to acknowledge openly that you know what it can mean has a lot to do with it. However it has been a legitimate name/nickname for centuries. Likewise Willie. The slang for penis is not as widespread as Dick, more regional, I think. It is dated, and is very strogly associated with older black men here in the US.
Fanny isn't particularly vulgar in the US. It means buttocks, but it's not like ass; it's more like something your grandmother would say: Sit your fanny down this minute and quit making that noise. I'll tan your fanny if you keep that up. In the UK it is a different part of the anatomy and is not so polite.
But again, it hasn't been remotely fashionable for many generations.
Jackin might indeed be a name but it never caught on here. Jack has a slang meaning (many different slang meanings, really) but it's just too commonplace a name to raise eyebrows.
Tit/Titty never caught on here.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
Fanny isn't particularly vulgar in the US. It means buttocks, but it's not like ass; it's more like something your grandmother would say: Sit your fanny down this minute and quit making that noise. I'll tan your fanny if you keep that up. In the UK it is a different part of the anatomy and is not so polite.
But again, it hasn't been remotely fashionable for many generations.
Jackin might indeed be a name but it never caught on here. Jack has a slang meaning (many different slang meanings, really) but it's just too commonplace a name to raise eyebrows.
Tit/Titty never caught on here.
Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, you're a mile away and you have his shoes!
Steve Martin
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