Did I hear this right? [Question about a cell phone commercial]

Factual Questions
1

The commercial about cell phones, Ronny is shooting pool and he is called a dill-weed.
Didn’t that same commercial call Ronny a dildo when it 1st came out?

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Colibri
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3

I’ve only ever heard him say dillweed. It would be even funnier if he said dildo, though.

4

I’ve only heard dill-weed, which I already think is pushing the limits for American TV ads. I can’t believe that any major company would use the word “dildo” in a commercial in the U.S. A small company might try it, but many networks and stations would probably refuse to air it.

5

Dillweed is the dried leaves of the Dill plant and is used as an herb. Why would that be pushing the limits of American TV ads?

6

Because it sounds like “dickweed.”

-FrL-

7

What came first? Dillweed or dickweed?

I’d much rather hear someone called a Dillweed on television than to hear “You suck”. I find “you suck” offensive, even though what you suck is just implied (eggs of course).

I’ve heard people called a “dick” on television, mostly on Southpark and Saturday Night Live and I’m pretty sure once on one of the Law & Order series. They still censor it if you’re referring to a part of the anatomy.

8

Is a dillweed the same as a dillrod? Where did that come from?

9

Its could be a spin from "Nimrod ". While a very prestigious title in some areas can be meant quite the opposite in other areas.

10

It’s pretty clearly a euphemism for “dildo.” Think about it: taken literally, “dillweed” doesn’t make much sense as an insult. It’s like calling someone a “lover-trucker.” Would you expect to hear than in a TV commercial?

11

Neither does “dingbat” (a typesetting term, also a font), or the above mentioned “nimrod” (Hebrew term for Hunter, also a town in Minnesota).

12

No, Nimrod was the name of a hunter, a great-grandson of Noah and “a mighty hunter before the Lord.” Also, it was the name of the Babylonian despot who had the Tower of Babel built.

13

A great-grandson of Noah lived in Minnesota? :stuck_out_tongue: