A fork of Rural Dictionary
Expression, similar to an adverb, that can be placed alongside any verb to emphasize the specific event or action. The most common use for "the dickens" is when it is used with the verb "to run". "The dickens" is also interchangeable with "hell".
When that hobo came after me, I ran like the dickens.
The term originated from Shakespeare's play "The Merry Wives of Windsor," in the 16th century. It is a term used in polite society to mean the Devil! (It has nothing to do with Charles Dickens.) The word appeared in a sentence (although sounding odd in modern day language) "I cannot tell what the dickens his name is my husband had him of."
My mom used to say, with humor, that someone was "full of the dickens!"
Now after researching it, I understand what she meant!
He's full of the dickens!
Similar but differing slightly to the term 'twat', a Dickens is a pompous and awkward bastard who will go out of his way to needlessly berate his fellow man. Owing to the Dickens' overinflated sense of self importance the term is almost exclusively applied to ex public school boys. Often a Dickens will have been subjected to repeated bummings as a choir boy resulting in frequent pegging throughout his adult life.
Person A: That bloke just called me a pleb!
Person B: Don't worry about it, the guy is a total Dickens.
Rough sex, usually with one male dominating the other partner, resulting in said partner having a limp or mild bruising.
"Why is Shelbie walking funny?"
"Jeff gave her a good dickening after the party last night."
"Ouch."
Lovemaking performed by a dick that is so good it haunts you
Chad gave me a dickening last week and I think I may need to see an exorcist
Term used to accentuate, and emphasize the situation at hand.
1. Man, that food was good, like the dickens.
2. That girl is hot, like the dickens.
3. Oh boy, that stings like the dickens.