@newsjabs: How did “Dick” become short for “Richard”? 🤔 In medieval England, people loved shortened names and rhyming nicknames: Richard → Rick → Dick Robert → Rob → Bob William → Will → Bill Margaret → Meg → Peg “Dick” was a perfectly ordinary nickname for centuries. Its crude slang meanings developed much later. Details. Context. They’re kind of important. #NameHistory #WordOrigins #DidYouKnow #HistoryTok #NewsJabs

jeffmillen4 :

I thought bill came from robert

danny :

middle name is Richard...not one time did my family ever call me dick

Tire&go2 :

So where did the “B” and “P” come from then? 🤔

Gswaggy :

I would like to understand why John was called Jack

Kingy_FOOLS :

I still don’t get how Meg is short for Margaret, by this logic it should be Mar.

Sick Lizard :

Henry to Hank?

chasecarter443 :

I had a friend in college named Richard Head trust me when I tell you did not want to call him Dick….he went by Ritchie

Jeff Louis :

Still makes no sense

GOULHYPE :

never heard peg is short for Margate

SD55777 :

You must not know Richard?

§MØ؆H!€ :

Give me a Britney

chitown :

What about John to Jack

Macstron :

Bob’s your uncle

magicmongo17 :

My wife was a Margaret Peg and she had a cousin who was Margaret Meg. And my Little Peg’s mom was Big Peg.

user3177941716367 :

Because it perfectly describes my father

rizallum1 :

Probably drunk

soccer66428 :

And how did William become Mack or buddy?

bondystoyer6 :

And why not Bert for Robert?

Madoka Ayukawa :

Knew a guy named Richard Head. Not sure what his parents were thinking.

Casey Edick :

Richard Edward. D{ck Ed

Fourwheelinfun :

It just shows how stupid people really are

krab man :

SpikeyWalkieTalkty6751600 :

Anyone else heard,"All I wanna do is have some fun" in their head too?

Mount Baker :

😂. James, Jim, Jimmy, Jamie . Jamoni Jammin number one

wiggles1269u :

There’s only one way to get dick out of Richard