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minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoHe’s saying “Pitchers” and “Dicks”, but yes.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·21 days ago“Dix” as in “Dixon Hill” (the, uh, fictional PI in the lead role of that particular holo novel.)(Personally, I prefer Guy Noir.)
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·21 days agoDick was also the nickname for private detectives. I wonder which came first, the slang or “Dick Tracy”?
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoI knew it was in reference to a PI but I never knew the source, thank you for that.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoDixon Hill was made for the show, guy noir was a segment on NPR’s Prairie Home Companion (a radio show.)
minus-squaresad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoYeh I was just being dumb
He’s saying “Pitchers” and “Dicks”, but yes.
“Dix” as in “Dixon Hill” (the, uh, fictional PI in the lead role of that particular holo novel.)(Personally, I prefer Guy Noir.)
Dick was also the nickname for private detectives.
I wonder which came first, the slang or “Dick Tracy”?
I knew it was in reference to a PI but I never knew the source, thank you for that.
Dixon Hill was made for the show, guy noir was a segment on NPR’s Prairie Home Companion (a radio show.)
Yeh I was just being dumb
Got a laugh out of me
There are four Dicks, Miller!