Origin: 1940–45; earlier in form
bulldike (with a var.
bulldagger); of obscure orig.; claimed to be a shortening of
morphodyke (var. of
morphodite, a reshaping of
hermaphrodite ), though
morphodyke is more likely a b.
morphodite and a pre-existing
dyke; other hypothesized connections, such as with
diked out or
dike “ditch,” are dubious on semantic grounds
[dahyk] 