# Who's the youngest Dick in America? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696 "2013-11-24T19:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/61 "2013-11-29T02:14:10Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I knew a guy named Richard Tate in the military. Does that mean he was a private dick? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/62 "2013-11-29T04:39:51Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Does that mean he was a private dick? or Seaman Dick. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/63 "2013-11-29T07:26:26Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Does that mean he was a private dick? Depends. If he was good at it, he might have been a general dick. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/64 "2013-11-29T08:21:10Z")
Or a Major Dick. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Toothpaste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@James\_Toothpaste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Toothpaste)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/65 "2013-11-29T13:38:32Z")
The name is just not very popular right now. I bet it will become a common name sometime in the future. Names come and go. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/66 "2013-11-29T14:18:28Z")
I moderate and frequent several Iditarod websites…Dick Mackey (former champion) has his name redacted to D\*\*\* Mackey at at least two of those sites. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/67 "2013-11-29T14:51:30Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And let’s not forget Roger for our British friends. We’re generally too busy laughing at Randys to get worked up about Rogers. Not that I’ve ever met a Randy over here, and I don’t think I’ve ever met a Dick, not even an old one. Roger is still a common name, however. By the way **Mister Rik** , John Thomas is pretty well out of fashion as an English penile nickname, so I reckon it would probably get less snickering than being called Dick. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/68 "2013-11-29T14:52:52Z")
I always thought John Thomas was American slang. Like Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/69 "2013-11-29T15:33:58Z")
Ex-congressman Dick Swett (D-NH) was two years ahead of me in High School, so he’d be about 56 now. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/70 "2013-11-29T15:46:09Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > This should be investigated, and note should be made when the last Dick dies. “The world was stunned today by the death of Ricardo Diego, the youngest Dick on the planet. The youngest Dick on earth was 18 years, 4 months, 20 days, 16 hours, and 8 minutes old.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/71 "2013-11-29T22:51:54Z")
> [@mikeargo](#): > > Ex-congressman Dick Swett (D-NH) was two years ahead of me in High School, so he’d be about 56 now. “Dick Swett,” eh? Does it count if you’re just adopting a moniker that will get people to vote for you? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/72 "2013-11-29T23:46:53Z")
Dutch Bob sounds dirty. I don’t know anyone named Dick I know guys who go by Bob, but no children. > [@TBG](#): > > Merry ferry hairy mary marry harry dairy fairy scary, all the same. Can’t even hear a difference when people who claim there’s a difference says them. I pronounce “\_arry” words with a short A (hat), and “\_erry” & “\_airy” words the same way with something between a long A (skate) and a schwa. There is a clear audible difference. I don’t do it on purpose and I don’t know where I picked it up. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/73 "2013-11-30T00:08:01Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > I pronounce “\_arry” words with a short A (hat), and “\_erry” & “\_airy” words the same way with something between a long A (skate) and a schwa. There is a clear audible difference. I don’t do it on purpose and I don’t know where I picked it up. Well, in hat and skate I can hear (in my mind anyway) a difference, sure, but stick those sounds in front of R in these words and it goes away. ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696/74 "2013-11-30T00:19:08Z")
Nope. He was a Dick all through high school (actually, he was a very nice guy). Served a couple terms in congress then lost his senate race to a right-wing lunatic named Bob Smith. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-youngest-dick-in-america/674696.md?page=3)