Posted by Mike Dennis on June 03, 2012 at 00:42:22 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: Naughty Names (was Nancy/Ruth) posted by Elizabeth Jolley on June 02, 2012 at 14:18:35:
A quick bit of research
John - Policeman 1896, prostitute's client 1928, lavatory 1932, penis 1934 (though I guess this could be earlier as it was used by D H Lawrence)
Roger - To have intercourse 1711
Nancy - Homosexual 1904
Titty - Breast 1828 (for tit actually, Titty goes back to 1746)
Peggy - Naval sailor assigned menial tasks 1902
All from the Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (a book!)
But I suspect from what we know of AR this was not his intention, but then he did work for newspapers.