[kristopolous]

As an aside, people often misattribute where that word comes from. It's from dicker - squandering time by squabbling over petty things

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dicker

It's certainly not polite but people claiming it's lewd have about as much ground to stand on as they do with the word "pussycat"

[PhasmaFelis]

Past etymology isn't really relevant to how a word is actually used today. There are plenty of awful slurs that were once everyday words used offensively.

[spywaregorilla]

pusy and dick are common terms for lewd things. pussycat and dicker are not.