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The word "Dude" is used here as an interjection, followed by a (feminine) noun in direct address. The "person" directly addressed is a sentient hive of bees ...
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[…] Language Log » “Dude.” languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2771 – view page – cached November 12, 2010 @ 7:26 am · Filed by Mark Liberman under Linguistics in ...
Sep 26, 2020 · Gender-neutral "dude" has been around for a while, too. I vote for "bro" to disappear off the face of the earth. It is the moist of personal ...
Dec 20, 2011 · That ad will never change the taste of someone who prefers Pliny the Elder or Chimay White Label; only those who like Coors Lite or Miller Lite.
Jan 31, 2013 · Dude has been becoming gender-neutral for awhile, especially in this more interjectional usage, as William points out, but even more generally, ...
No one has gotten more nuance out of dude than Tres Parker and Matt Stone. There's an entire argument scene in their movie BASEketball composed entirely of ...
May 5, 2017 · But this is not the case, since the respondents — no matter what part of China they come from — speak to Jayme in Putonghua / Modern Standard ...
Jan 14, 2011 · The vowel-sound commonly heard in "dude" is actually quite unique in American English. It's kind of like "dih-uh-ood" and hard to explain unless ...
Another cartoon (Zits) on conveying various things via dude (this time in combination with facial expressions). We posted quite a bit on the topic a while ...