They’re detectives, but we call them “jerks,” at least that’s what we called them back in the 1940s, when I was a fat kid. In the past, when a criminal called a detective a jerk, the jerk didn’t quite understand what it meant (which explains the brutality of the police in the past).
Detectives are called dicks because they watch things professionally. The word dick used to mean to watch. So detectives dicked professionally. It is widely believed that the nickname comes from the Dick Tracy comics, but the name truly predates them and has its origin in the Romani language.
Some believe the word “dick” originated as a nickname for detectives, as criminals in the 19th century used the word “dick” to indicate they were being watched, while others believe it was just a shortened form of the word. “detective”.
The offensive nature of the word “dick” is complicated by the continued use of the word in innocuous contexts, including both as a first name (often a nickname for Richard) and as a surname, the popular English dessert spotted cock, classic Moby-Dick novel, series children’s books about Dick and Jane, and the American retailer Dicks Sporting Goods.
Initially, this did not only apply to investigators; this could mean that anyone who is sneaky or secretive, thieves and thief hunters alike. Private member is an outdated but colorful slang term for police or private detectives that was most commonly used in the early 1900s. mother” (The Guardian, 1999, cited in Green, 2008).
It Doesn’t Come from Dick Tracy
Although there is some controversy over the origin of the word “Dick”, it did not originate in the popular Dick Tracy comics. The first and most likely theory about private sex is just a strangely shortened version of the word detective.
If MO can be short for Missouri, then dick can be short for detective. As you might expect from Richard, meaning “tough ruler” and being a masculine name, Dick is a nickname for Richard, possibly derogatory, borrowed from one of the other meanings of the word “dick”, eg. Member of asshole or dick like a penis.
The way Dick became Richard’s nickname is well known, and it’s one of those “knee-bone-to-femur” progressions, kind of like how the word “football” came about. Historians document that the conversion of “Richard” to “my nickname” was common in the first half of the 20th century.
I was never revealed to be Dick, though I know my mother named me Richard after a long-lost love. For nearly 20 years, I have presented myself with pride, power, and provocation as my nickname, despite others refusing to say my nickname, instead calling me Rick, Richard, or, worst of all, Richie.
Richard Hick, the Original Dick
While few people are called Richards Hick today, the nickname Dick survives and, of course, has many other meanings. It’s also possible that Richard was referring to Dick Tracy, the famous detective character in American movies, although the two have completely different personalities. Richard, if it can be assumed that this is Dick Itosaw’s real name, is probably Richard Diamond, a private detective who shares many similarities with Itosaw. His full French name, “Dik Tekiv”, is a “detective” game (often used to refer to a private detective).
As an adult, Dick Itosaw fulfilled his dream, joining the police department and then advancing to homicide detective in 2012. At 38, he left the hotel detective to join CPR’s investigative unit. On his return, he’s got the kind smile of an old friend and the willingness to cooperate that a house jerk must get from the staff.
Like all hotel detectives, the hotel detective has a special damn home fixture that he uses when he grabs the criminal’s arm, so he can’t make scenes in the lobby. In fact, hotel detectives are the poster child for the specially trained new school security guards who have gradually replaced the colorful but tired pet roosters of yore in recent years.
Detectives Tet Their Image from Comics
His 15 guards (sometimes on duty at the same time) may seem hopelessly small, but he’s big compared to yesterday’s lonely guy. The Scottish detective became the inspiration for many investigative heroes, and it’s easy to see how his name became the real reason why a private dick is used to describe a professional detective. Another theory is that the name is based on a legendary fictional Scottish detective named Dick Donovan, who was at the center of many investigative detective novels of the late 1800s. Retired city detective, doing his best.
Dick Grayson had a tempestuous affair with Starfire, and Barbara Gordon spent some time with a private investigator named Jason Bard. Phoenix Wright’s Mias student, District Attorney Miles Edgeworth, and Dick Gumshoe met again while investigating the murder of Detective Bruce Goodman.
Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth subsequently petitioned the Chief of Police on Dick Gumshoe’s behalf and reinstated him as a detective. After these events, prosecutor Byrne Faraday bought Gumshoe a new coat and commented that he looked more “detective” in the old coat. Unfortunately, after Dick Gumshoe tried to show his police-issued gun to Morgan Fay in an attempt to cheer her up, a subsequently enraged Morgan dragged him by the ear.
