Timeline for How should I use the phrasal verb “to d**k around”?
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| Jul 2, 2014 at 2:52 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Apr 29, 2013 at 23:09 | vote | accept | Dragon Buster | ||
| Apr 22, 2013 at 16:28 | comment | added | Charles | @tchrist there aren't many words we'd wildcard-out here (dork is not one of those). Two of those words match **ck and can easily fit into this sentence. When I saw the title, I read it as the other. | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 15:54 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | @Charles Bear in mind that dorking around is also a possible expansion for dk around**. The difference is that is that it is not used transitively. As soon as you have wildcards, you create ambiguity. | |
| S Apr 22, 2013 at 15:22 | history | suggested | Charles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
"to **ck around" is ambiguous
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 15:07 | comment | added | Charles | There's another, more literal, meaning - "to dick around" can mean to have lots of casual sex, and "to dick around with someone" can mean "to have casual sex with someone" usu. implying that the someone in question is being taken advantage of. | |
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 14:29 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
We probably do not want “dick” showing up in offsite title indexes and searches.
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 14:03 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 13:42 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 16 characters in body; edited tags; edited title
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 13:12 | answer | added | DQdlM | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 12:03 | history | edited | Dragon Buster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 201 characters in body
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| Apr 22, 2013 at 11:58 | comment | added | Christi | Are you asking about the grammar (which seems fine) or the meaning (as indicated in the tag). Can you be a bit clearer about your actual question? | |
| Apr 22, 2013 at 11:30 | history | asked | Dragon Buster | CC BY-SA 3.0 |