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   Evolution of the Word Dick   
   https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/344805/evolution-of-the-word-dick   
      
   But how long, you ask, has “dick” been used to mean a stupid or   
   contemptible   
   person? Only since the 1960s, according to Cassell’s and Random House.   
      
   The earliest Random House citation is from Norman Bogner’s 1966 novel Seventh   
   Avenue: “He’s a dick. I don’t know from respect, except for my   
   parents.”    
      
   The usage follows several negative verbal senses of “dick” that showed up   
   in   
   the mid-20th century, such as “dick around” (1948, waste time), “dick   
   off”   
   (1948, shirk one’s duties), and “dick up” (1951, spoil).   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)