This thread is not about the birds & the bees.

It's about names & nicknames and how some of them start out innocent and then get all kinds of extraneous connotations attach to them...

names like "Dick".

For me-and I believe for alot of other people-that name conjures up images that are decidely un-innocent. But there was a time when that nickname for "Richard" was so innocent that it was used in that hard working children's series of books that helped me and alot of other children learn to read.

But any male named "Dick" now better be prepared for alot of ribbing. Not only is "dick" a euphemism for you know what, but the notorious exploits of a certain US vice president aren't helping that name win friends and influence people.

Poor Dick! As a personal name, I think you've outlived your usefulness. But you would win the prize if there was a contest for which name's colloquial use raises up the most naughty images.

And so I wonder...what other names evoke naughty or negative images? {not that naughty & negative are necessarily the same thing}

And what other names need to bite the dust because-in your opinion-they are too old fashioned to be given to kids nowadays?

Remember, this is all for fun.

So if your name is Dick {as at least one Mudcat member's name is who I can think of} I want to say up front

"My bad"...