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To me its:
“Dudes”=white punks or young guys
“Dude,” a term of endearment
“A Dude” Its a Dude, not a chick.
I always thought it was all the drugs that caused all “you people” of the ‘60s to bastardize the king’s english, e.g., cool, later awesome, etc.
Gotta admit, i also hated mickey rooney and all that “swell” talk, too.
Their "Duderonomy," as it were.
‘youse guys’ need to know that the word ‘Dude’ was coined by Oscar Wilde who compounded ‘Duds with Attitude’
of course Wilde was a bone smuggler so who knows what kind of attitude he was referring to.
I've passed through the five stages of grieving and have come to acceptance.
So never judge a book by it’s cover
Or who you’re going to love by your lover
Love put me wise to her love in disguise
She had the body of a venus
Lord imagine my surprise
Dude, Dude, Dude, Dude looks like a lady
Dude, Dude, Dude, Dude looks like a lady
He is handling the money
He’s serving the food
He knows about your party
He is calling you ‘DUDE!’
At one time it also meant a hair growing out of a pimple or blemish
My 7 grandkids call my husband “Dude”.
Dewed: wet behind the ears
Drude: goth
Dlude: space cadet
Dued: a couple
Pluto never stopped being a planet, some people just don’t believe in him at the current time. My very bright 7-year-old nephew still knows “Pluto is a planet!”
I agree w/ him.
duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, what a great post.
I call my dog “Dude” on occasion - the Vet gets a kicks out of it....
BASEketball, movie starring the creators of ‘South Park’ (another ‘dude’ enclave), is littered with the word “Dude”
Here’s a montage of the dude scenes:(there’s a bit of swearing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DMTcz8qsxA
As a child in the late 60’s and early 70’s, the concept of a “Dude Ranch” was my first encounter with the word, which supports the original understanding, of a somewhat citified person.
A Dude Ranch was akin to a summer camp. This one was up in the Smokies of North Carolina. Urban and suburban kids, with parents of some means or at least aspiring to be so, were sent there to learn horsemanship, outdoorsy stuff, make friends with children of influential families, etcetera. It was at one time the “in” thing to do. Both boys and girls could go, but were segregated.
The one I attended was Cataloochee Ranch in Maggie Valley, but there were and perhaps still are more than just a few of them. Cataloochee is known as a “guest ranch” now, though:
http://www.cataloocheeranch.com/