OFF: Brit Slang!

[Eric Siegerman]

On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 01:43:46PM -0400, Ted Jackson wrote:
> 'Had the Richard,'

New to me.  I'd have to guess it means "got screwed":  "penis" ->
"dick" -> "Richard".  Now, whether it means in the sexual sense
or the figurative one (i.e. "screwed around"), or both, I
wouldn't know.

The first hop won't be a surprise to anyone, I guess.  (Is there
a similar slang term in German or related languages?  It's
amazing how much weird stuff like that *does* carry across.)  The
second hop sounds very Cockney ... to this Canadian, anyway.  I'm
sure I'll be corrected by someone who actually knows what they're
talking about :-)

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