Ima mix it up and start using cock again. Keep em guessing ya know ?
HieronymusPopsch on
Really want to know what happened in 1600…
username_elephant on
Congratulations, you’ve got data demonstrating that people in olden agrarian societies talked about roosters a lot more than modern urbanites living in the area of factory farming. And that Dick as a name for Richard evolved in the ~1700s.
SuperBethesda on
What is the source of the data? I don’t think they were surveying people about whether they say dick or cock back in 1650.
Is this counting alternate meanings, like the name Dick or cock as in chicken?
Vaestmannaeyjar on
I distinctly remember “cock”‘ being used in the series “Rome” and not “dick”. I suppose you still need both in case Richard is concerned.
Munedawg53 on
This study was brought to you by the University of Norm Macdonald.
BrassWhale on
I wonder what this chart would look like if it included websites, not just actual books. I feel like the usage of both would be so much higher than historically.
Dark_Clark on
Yeah, but both of those words mean more than just penis. This doesn’t mean a whole lot unless we know more about how they were used throughout time.
LawAbidingDenizen on
Met some Dick Smiths before but never any Cock Smiths
ninetofivedev on
Yeah, I’m going to guess that this demonstrates less the usage of one versus the other when referring to a penis and more-so the usage of the word in their own contexts (Dick referring to a surname and later to a nickname, Cock referring to a rooster).
tvtoms on
What about wing dang doodle? Or tallywhacker?
Sudden_Juju on
They sure started getting freaky deaky in the 1700s
machead4life on
Military time or timeline?
A_Suspicious_Fart_91 on
Slow and steady wins the race. Cock clearly exhausted its resources too quick, while dick maintained its reserves for the long haul.
haechunlee on
Dick is a name. I don’t think Cock is.
JoeInOR on
His dick or his rod or his johnson
Rarepep3s on
The only person keeping the word cock alive today is james may
weedtrek on
Spotted dick, the British dessert, was invented in 1849 and probably directly related to that increase at that period.
lazygerm on
I prefer cock. It seems sexier. Whereas, really, when I think of dick, I think of an asshole (personal).
FilteredRiddle on
Modern romance novels working real hard to increase the “cock” presence.
Kershiser22 on
It looks like dick is growing.
zendrix1 on
Maybe it’s just me but…
Penis – medical
Dick – casual
Cock – sexual
TreyBorsa on
Hate this trend line.
Sincerely,
Dick
stovislove on
I still use both depending on the penis size. Peepee 1-3, dick4-7, cock 8+
BadKneesBruce on
Hoping cock makes a come back. 👀
adammonroemusic on
Very nice. Now, let’s overlay “dong” to see if there is an Always Sunny in Philadelphia spike during the 2010s.
ThinkinDeeply on
No one will ever forget that the 1700s were the rise of the dick, and the flip of the cock.
![Dick or Cock? [OC] Use of both words according to Google NGram](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/7ee5t33uzc1f1-1024x990.jpeg "Dick or Cock? [OC] Use of both words according to Google NGram")
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[Data](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Cock%2CDick&year_start=1500&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3&case_insensitive=false), using Google NGram
Ima mix it up and start using cock again. Keep em guessing ya know ?
Really want to know what happened in 1600…
Congratulations, you’ve got data demonstrating that people in olden agrarian societies talked about roosters a lot more than modern urbanites living in the area of factory farming. And that Dick as a name for Richard evolved in the ~1700s.
What is the source of the data? I don’t think they were surveying people about whether they say dick or cock back in 1650.
“Cock” feels more vulgar to me
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mos7eiloZ9g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mos7eiloZ9g)
Is this counting alternate meanings, like the name Dick or cock as in chicken?
I distinctly remember “cock”‘ being used in the series “Rome” and not “dick”. I suppose you still need both in case Richard is concerned.
This study was brought to you by the University of Norm Macdonald.
I wonder what this chart would look like if it included websites, not just actual books. I feel like the usage of both would be so much higher than historically.
Yeah, but both of those words mean more than just penis. This doesn’t mean a whole lot unless we know more about how they were used throughout time.
Met some Dick Smiths before but never any Cock Smiths
Yeah, I’m going to guess that this demonstrates less the usage of one versus the other when referring to a penis and more-so the usage of the word in their own contexts (Dick referring to a surname and later to a nickname, Cock referring to a rooster).
What about wing dang doodle? Or tallywhacker?
They sure started getting freaky deaky in the 1700s
Military time or timeline?
Slow and steady wins the race. Cock clearly exhausted its resources too quick, while dick maintained its reserves for the long haul.
Dick is a name. I don’t think Cock is.
His dick or his rod or his johnson
The only person keeping the word cock alive today is james may
Spotted dick, the British dessert, was invented in 1849 and probably directly related to that increase at that period.
I prefer cock. It seems sexier. Whereas, really, when I think of dick, I think of an asshole (personal).
Modern romance novels working real hard to increase the “cock” presence.
It looks like dick is growing.
Maybe it’s just me but…
Penis – medical
Dick – casual
Cock – sexual
Hate this trend line.
Sincerely,
Dick
I still use both depending on the penis size. Peepee 1-3, dick4-7, cock 8+
Hoping cock makes a come back. 👀
Very nice. Now, let’s overlay “dong” to see if there is an Always Sunny in Philadelphia spike during the 2010s.
No one will ever forget that the 1700s were the rise of the dick, and the flip of the cock.