Selon les affirmations en 2007 de son épouse Lynne Cheney, Dick Cheney est un cousin éloigné du président démocrate Barack Obama, tous deux ont un ancêtre commun qui est Mareen Duvall, un. 25 août 2016 · We don’t know why “dick” came to mean a penis, but the OED includes this “coarse” slang sense of the word within its entry for the nickname “Dick.”. The dictionary notes that the “familiar pet-form of the common Christian name Richard” has been used generically, much like “Jack,” to mean “fellow,” “lad,” “man.