Plural of 'dick,' which can mean a detective or investigator, or it's a slang term with vulgar meanings; also a name used in historical contexts like 'every Tom, Dick, and Harry.'
As a word for detective, 'dick' is believed to come from the name 'Dick' used generically, or possibly from Romany 'dik' meaning to look or see. The historical phrase 'Tom, Dick, and Harry' uses common English names to represent ordinary people.
The phrase 'every Tom, Dick, and Harry' uses three super-common English male names to mean 'any ordinary person'—it's like how we say 'What's your name? John Doe?' to mean 'just some random person!'
As a surname (Dick/Dicks), neutral. In slang as gendered insult or slur, carries misogyny-adjacent baggage in some contexts. As anatomical term, clinical but gendered by its prevalence in crude male-centric humor.
Use formal anatomical terminology in medical/educational contexts. Avoid in informal insults or crude humor.
["penis (clinical)","private anatomy (general)","genitalia (formal)"]
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