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   Dude

   /do͞od/

   

   noun

   • 1. a man; a guy: "if some dude smacked me, I'd smack him back"
   • ▪ a stylish, fastidious man: "cool dudes"
   • ▪ a city-dweller, especially one vacationing on a ranch in the western US.

   verb

   • 1. dress up elaborately: "my brother was all duded up in silver and burgundy"

   Word Origin late 19th century (denoting a dandy): probably shortened from doodle, perhaps with allusion to Yankee Doodle Dandy.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dudish adjective

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   How many meanings does the word dude have?

   • There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word dude. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the word dude? About 1 occurrence per million words in modern written English How is the word dude pronounced? Where does the word dude come from? The earliest known use of the word dude is in the 1870s.

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   Where did the word 'dude' come from?

   • The word ‘dude’ originally applied to American dandies – such as Evander Berry Wall, pictured – in the 19th Century (Credit: Alamy) Dude Before there was ‘bro’, there was ‘dude’: that informal address that slaps you on the back with one hand, gives you a White Russian with the other, and says, ‘hey, I woke up at noon too, man’.

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   What makes a 'dude' a dude?

   • “To be a ‘dude’ at the time, you had to be young, slender, brainless and imitating what they thought was high British culture,” Dr. Cohen said in an interview. “They became a staple of humor.” By the early 1900s, East Coast city guys were known as dudes. As they traveled west, the “ dude ranch ” emerged.

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   Is 'Dude' a term of mockery?

   • Many felt it was a term of mockery. In July 1883, a Times article asked in a headline: “Is ‘Dude’ Defamatory?” A man who had been called “the offensive epithet” in a local journal challenged the offender to a duel. The origin story of “dude” is unclear, but a research project provided a theory.

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   Dude definition: a man excessively concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.. See examples of DUDE used in a sentence.

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   May 8, 2019 · To dig deeper into the biographies of such ordinary words as ‘silhouette’, ‘panorama’ and ‘dude’ is to uncover surprising histories that change the way we understand and appreciate their...

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5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDUDE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   2 days ago · 1. Western US and Canadian. a city dweller, esp one holidaying on a ranch. 2. mainly US and Canadian. a dandy. 3. US and Canadian. a person: often used to any male in direct address. Collins English Dictionary.

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   A dude is a man. In very informal situations, dude is sometimes used as a greeting or form of address to a man.

7. www.nytimes.com › 2024/03/23 › insiderA History of the Word ‘Dude’ in The Times - The New York Times

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   Mar 23, 2024 · A “semiofficial glossary” assembled by the U.S. Air Force that appeared in The Times that year helped acquaint returning prisoners of the Vietnam War with current slang: “Dude” was defined as...

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   What does the word dude mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word dude . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › dudeDUDE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   noun [ C ] mainly US very informal uk / duːd / us. Add to word list. a man: a cool dude. (Definition of dude from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of dude. in Chinese (Traditional) 傢夥，小子… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 家伙，小子… See more. in Spanish. tipo, tío, tío [masculine]… See more. in Portuguese.