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The earliest use of the term dude I recall is from the western movies. A dude was an "Easterner" who came out West. Didn't know how to handle a gun, ride a horse, rope steers, etc... so the cowboys would all harass him.
Of boys and girls
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New #22
Dude wheres my tattoo? - YouTube
Dude. LOL :)
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New #23
Agreed, but Jeff Bridges was a lot better in Crazy Heart, in my view.The movie "The Big Lebowski." A character was named "Dude". Boring and stupid movie.
Might have been good movie if intoxicated first.
The Big Lebowski (1998) - IMDb
Crazy Heart (2009) - IMDb
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New #24
Don't watch movies so that's probably why I didn't know who it was, it doesn't mean I've never watched them though just not for the last few years.
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New #25
I wish people would stop addressing others on the forum as, Dude, Guy or Bro. That's just my old fashioned opinion.
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New #26
I agree - it comes across as wanting to sound "cool" and "trendy", but to me it just sounds...immature.
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New #27
Without trying to sound like a miserable old geezer, I do agree as it indicates a sense of familiarity with someone you don't know and have no likelihood of meeting.
By sheer coincidence, I watched the 1951 film, Rawhide, tonight. It starred Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward, and just after the film started the word dude was used.
So it's been around for at least 60 years. :)
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New #28
You are all dudes unless you email SF support with intimate pictures to prove you are not (over 40's I will take your word).
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New #29
It's been around considerably longer than that. Indeed, the word has been used by Edward Bradley (pseudonym: Cuthbert Bede) who mentioned dude in an alternate title of Vol. 1 of his 1858ff. The Adventures of Mr Verdant Green. So that dates it to at least 1858 (and possibly earlier), a good 90+ years prior to the Rawhide film.
See Material for the Study of DUDE, Part 1 | The Dudespaper
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New #30
I'm amazed at the stuff we learn on WSF. :)
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