Dude

One of my favourite words, and one of the most frequent words I have come to use.

According to Wiki –

Dude is, under certain circumstances, gender-neutral. Mostly used by young men it has also evolved to be used by female members of the society. “Dude” may also be used alone in a sentence denoting a feeling of surprise, happiness, disappointment, amazement or other emotions. The word might also be used practically anywhere in a sentence in order to convey such sentiments in conversation. The cadence, volume and length of the word is also used to denote the feeling, such as a clipped “dude” for irritation, or a long “duuude” for amusement, surprise, or wonder.

Merriam Webster’s definition says –

1: a man extremely fastidious in dress and manner : dandy

2: a city dweller unfamiliar with life on the range; especially : an Easterner in the West

3: fellow, guy —sometimes used informally as a term of address <hey, dude, what’s up>

Wikipedia’s definition, in a sense has been captured in some of the recent BUD LITE advertisements. Last night, as I was watching Family Guy, there was this Ad, where the only word I heard was ‘Dude’…and I was curious as what it was about. Fortunately, I noticed towards the very end of the ad, the website being displayed at the bottom of the screen — www.dudemadness.com. Pretty cool background music too.

Check out the website if you like creative ads, and well, dude stuff. Also, as a personal recommendation, please watch “The Big Lebowski” for more all-in-all dudeness.