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alostrael444 (7 words)
appears in these lists:
aliko's Words, by aliko
lisa's Words, by lisa
ext212's Words, by ext212
Cool Words, by kodaz
Spod's Words, by Spod
just saying, by faraway
Kalli's Words, by Kalli
Slang words of Irish origin according to Daniel Cassidy, author of 'How the Irish Invented Slang', by flannagan
Nullologue, by Nullologue
Book of People, by vega
like words duh , by dontcry
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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.
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.
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.
dude.
We, as in the royal we, like The Dude. El Duderino if you're not into that whole brevity thing.
The vogue word of 1883.
The hilarious scene from "Dude, Where's My Car", consisting entirely of the words "Dude" and "Sweet".
Who was it that said that in 50 years the only words left would be like and dude?