In this case is "dick" a noun or a pronoun?
Example:
You don't know dick.
According to wiktionary is a countable noun, but I think this is a pronoun like "nothing.". I think it's odd call this a countable noun.It seems I was wrong about this :)
In wiktionary it is an uncountable noun :)
"You don't know dick" means "you don't know shit, or, in more acceptable English, " you don't know anything".
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From: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dick
noun
vulgar slang
1a man’s penis.
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(British) a stupid or contemptible man ((though I've heard a fair number of Americans use it this way)).
2 [mass noun, with negative] (North American) anything at all
So in the US, we've shifted it to uncountable for this meaning, but I think it falls short of pronoun status. ("?Dick is wrong." for "Nothing is wrong" -- I'm not sure it's there yet) And you should use it sparingly in mixed company.
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Yes. It is an uncountable noun. Keep reading the sentence until you see it.
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