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A glance at the citations in the OED or at Partridge's article in Name Into Word , which Dickson cites in his bibliography, would have made it clear that this usage did not extend beyond the 17th century.
The article is a classic, probably the first on the subject to appear in a scholarly journal, though there are other informal references to family language, some of which are documented by Dickson in his Bibliography.
This is not to suggest that Dickson's book is a catalogue of bloopers, or what Amsel Greene (and Jack Smith) like to call pullet surprises . There are many interesting entries in Family Words which, as far as I know, is the first documentation of the genre.
Mr. Dickson's definition of name is itself rather unsatisfactory.
To irrespressible name-collectors like Paul Dickson they bring the thrill of a new find that anyone who has ever collected anything will understand.