…Theatre in London were warned that Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby contained “Dickensian slurs.” Dickens must be proud that 19th century slurs are now named after him; I can only hope that someday there will be Combsian slur…Theatre in London were warned that Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby contained “Dickensian slurs.” Dickens must be proud that 19th century slurs are now named after him; I can only hope that someday there will be Combsian slurs. The warning didn’t stop at slurs, however…