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slick Rick en · NOUN

Etymology

Chosen for the rhyme.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, idiomatic, slang, sometimes, uncommon) A fast-talker, charmer, or clever person.
   • So kind of you to suggest what I should or should not get "incensed" about. Will your den-mother give you a brownie-button to pin on your Hui Pupule shirt for enlightening another lost soul who perhaps one day will achieve the ability to let the slick ricks of the world run roughshod through their neighborhoods without so much as a peep. KM 1999 September 23, alohacyberian, “Magazine Articles and other Matters”, in alt.culture.hawaii (Usenet):
   • This mf trying to be a slick rick 🤣 2020 April 12, u/DoubleCoolBeans, “Always be careful when trading”, in r/pathofexile (Reddit post), archived from the original on 23 Feb 2026:
   • Thats the thing, I'm not a very "online" etc texting kinda person, if I could take her on a slick Rick kinda date I would but there's no indoor dining and arcades and everything is closed AND it's winter now so it's very cold out. 2021 February 3, u/3ndlessDreamer, “Need advice from a woman.. or people I'm not sure what to do..”, in r/dating_advice (Reddit post), archived from the original on 23 Feb 2026:
   • You can spend every dollar you have on leads and end up with less than what the slick Rick at the end of the hall has invested into the watch on his arm. 2018 April 28, u/NoMiddleGrounds, “The Numbers Game: Slick Rick's Tricks”, in r/Entrepreneur (Reddit post), archived from the original on 10 Jun 2023:
   • And I am in no position to cast judgments but at the same time I’m not stupid, I recognize the warning signs, and I actually WALKED UP ON him USING thinking he’s being a slick Rick mf and like whatever do you, I don’t even care but at the end of the day if your feeling you need to be discreet and deceitful like then you should recognize that’s it’s doing you no favors. 2024 September 19, u/Trick-Food4943, “AITA”, in r/AITAH (Reddit post), archived from the original on 23 Feb 2026:
   • A-listers, working stiffs, tough chicks, and slick ricks all joined together and cheered all the brave contestants, even though most folks were attending to support a specific friend. 2006, Kathie Bergquist, Robert McDonald, A Field Guide to Gay & Lesbian Chicago, page 248:
   • Their funds are gone, gambled away by a slick Rick who fooled them into thinking he could give them something he never could. 2022 November 12, u/WhaleFactory, “ATTENTION: GET YOUR BITCOIN OFF ANY/ALL EXCHANGES”, in r/Bitcoin (Reddit post), archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022:
   • I’m still trying to figure out the timing of the loop to figure out if you’d have gotten the win regardless but still kudos for being a slick Rick haha 2019 September 18, u/MikeTheBlank, “Stealing the win in when Destroy Last Place is on”, in r/gtaonline (Reddit post), archived from the original on 23 Feb 2026:
   • To all of you "slick-Ricks" and "Casanovas" out there: sometimes you can't help who you fall in love with, but just stop trying to love more than one person at the same time. 2021 January 20, Karen D. Reid Ph.D., Why "didn't" I get Married? Either Boaz or "NO-AZ", I'm waiting On purpose:
   • And, most important, I got a good look at Lettie Lang's lawyers, those slick-ricks from Memphis. 2013, John Grisham, Sycamore Row, A Jake Brigance Novel, page 125:

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