Wordie: Dude: Comments

Comment by dontcry, about 1 month ago

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:32:32 +0000

It cracks me up when my son calls me dude!

Comment by gangerh, 4 months ago

Tue, 06 May 2008 23:37:56 +0000

Always liked this word. And all ways. Now I know why. Wilde being one of my Wordie heroes. Suddenly the word is cooler. Even mint. Dude is the new uberpersonword.

Comment by whichbe, 4 months ago

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:45:04 +0000

The word "dude", which was coined by Oscar Wilde and his friends, is a portmanteau of the words 'duds' (for clothes) and 'attitude'. Unlike today, the word was considered derogatory until the 1960s.

Comment by yarb, 5 months ago

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:53:55 +0000

Maidenhead itself is too snobby to be pleasant. It is the haunt of the river swell and his overdressed female companion. It is the town of showy hotels, patronised chiefly by dudes and ballet girls.

- Jerome, Three Men in a Boat, 1889.

Comment by poisonedblueeyes, 6 months ago

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:30:39 +0000

dude.

Comment by Kalli, 10 months ago

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:15:48 +0000

We, as in the royal we, like The Dude. El Duderino if you're not into that whole brevity thing.

Comment by slumry, about 1 year ago

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:05:12 +0000

The vogue word of 1883.

Comment by seanahan, about 1 year ago

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:23:23 +0000

The hilarious scene from "Dude, Where's My Car", consisting entirely of the words "Dude" and "Sweet".

Comment by tankexmortis, about 1 year ago

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:27:39 +0000

Who was it that said that in 50 years the only words left would be like and dude?