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Location: 6 String Ranch | Dudecycle is acceptable however. Used properly, of course. |
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Location: Southern California | Dude died, dude came back... Again. And again. And again. Dude's got a Lazarus complex. Dude's been a surfer, dude's been a gay cowboy, dude's been a dude. When dude has a 'tude, dude can be rude. Do I mind dude? Depends on my mood!
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Dudette? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I use "Dude" among close friends...
As a friend, I am admitting they are right about something, "Dude, yer right"
Less often, "Dude, yer wrong"
...In any case, "The Dude, abides" |
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Location: NJ | here it is
scatterbrain was the band and this is the tune
10. Don't Call Me Dude
Here's my story, sad but true
About a girl that I once knew.
She broke my heart, I became unglued,
It all started when she called me dude
Well today I leave the psycho ward
Cause my sentence did conclude:
I had killed a man with my bare hands
Because he called me dude
The jury said that I was insane.
Temporally insane - brain strain.
But now the doctors say I'm A.O.K.
So I start my new life today.
This story starts some years ago
As I vacationed by the sea.
In the California sunshine
Just me & my baby.
I was in love feeling sky high
When a big blonde lifeguard walked by.
He looked at her, she looked at him -
I knew it was good bye.
He took her by the hand, kicked sand in my face.
She looked & laughed & said, "Later Dude!"
They were gone without a trace
And the waves echoed her laughter
And her words...Yo Later Dude.
Later that night I was in such a bad mood
Sittin' in a bar drinkin' hard, getting stewed
Thinkin' 'bout that girl & how 'bout I'd been screwed
When some guy walks in sits next to me & says
What's up dude!
I heard the word dude & I became unglued.
Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch
And put my hands around his neck, and I squeezed...
Don't call me dude!
So that's how I got where I am
But this ain't where it ends.
The doctors said they cured me
I said good bye to my crazy friends.
I was smiling as I left that place
My life had been renewed.
The guard at the gate, he stamped my pass
And he said, "Yo Later Dude!"
Slowly I turned... |
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Location: North Texas | Cool tune Du...... Amigo |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Dude looks like a lady...
Ahem. Moving swiftly on.
I can sympathise - the one currently sweeping this particular Island is "Mate" (apparently a cockney-London-type spinoff). A piece of my composure is eroded every time I get called it by someone who isn't even a remote acquaintance.
"Listen, my unknown person who I've just bought this coat from. I'm not your mate, and we both know for a fact that this coat costs more than you or I earn in a 7-hour day. Please don't call me Mate - I'm not your mate, and I couldn't even tell you whether your wearing your own or someone else's name badge."
Even worse is "Sir" though. I'm not old enough to be Sir. In my mind, I'm barely old enough to be "Son"...
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Location: Midland, MI | I'd rather be called TheNameThatShallNotBeMentioned (TNTSNBM...er, dude) than any of:
Homey
Homeboy
Homeskillet
Homefries
Brutha
Bro (this one drives me crazy)
Brother
My Brotha
Crackah
Cracker
MoFo
MaFugly
Sport
I will admit to using the term 'Chief' in a smugly patronizing, subtly derogatory manner, especially with salesdroids. Example:
Salesdroid: Like, s'up, homefries, you gwon check out dat Lez Paul up der?
Me: Errrr, beg pardon?
Salesdroid: Yo' bro, s'ok, I kin get any ting down da wall you wan.
Me: Uh, riiiight. Thanks, I'm just killing time.
Salesdroid: S'ok, bro, I'm not pressurin' you no how, you dig, my brutha?
Me: I see on your badge that your name is 'Carlton.' What say you drop the east side affectation, Carlton, and if I need some help I'll come find you?
Salesdroid: Why crackah wan do me like dat? Yo, crazy MoFo don' know de sco. I's jes tryin' make some bank, he-uh.
Me: Ok, *Chief*, got it. Which way was the exit?
That fake 'gangsta' thing, especially when adopted by whitebread, middle class punks, irritates the hell out of me. Call me dude any day. And don't get me going on multiple, visible piercings, especially nose rings and those big freaking plugs they put in their ear lobes now... |
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Location: Vermont USA | I must say a simple four letter word has spun us all out of control. Maybe this word should be added to the seven words that can not be said on radio or t.v. I was reading in the book of Matthew and I saw the word Raca which means empty headed fool. So again it could be much worse.
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Location: New Hampsha | "I guess "Dawg", or "Dog" is still in vogue, but that may be passe by now." - Buckaroo
Geez, I hope not, dudes! |
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Location: GA USA | In addition to Dude, I regularly use Boss, Bossman and Homeslice, and adjectives like awesome, awesomniforous, and incredibalistic. Should I just stay away from Al? |
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Location: NJ | Most people DO . . |
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Location: North Texas | Cruster, I like your play. Will they be making the movie? I don't understand, either, why a middle class suburbanite wants to pretend he's from the projects, and master the eubonic dialects. Unfortunately, white folks are not allowed to embrace their own culture, so some of them might feel the need to adopt someone elses'. Did anyone see the Caucasian Music Awards on TV? Me neither. All we've got left is Riverdancing and Oktoberfest. Slim pickens my bruthas. ;) |
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Location: Evansville,IN | Call me anything you want, just don't call me late for dinner. :D :D |
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| ...you can call me al..... |
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Location: Orange County, California | I sometimes like to use only the first letter of your name like they did in men in black. Sometimes it works better as "A Man" or "B Gurl" (intentionally mispelled). or I just might call you Freak..... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by Buckaroo:
....white middle class suburbanite...are not allowed to embrace their own culture what's the difference betwen white middle class suburanites and yogurt?
....yogurt has an active culture. |
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Location: NJ | I use boss, probably because I watched too many prison movies. |
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Location: North Texas | Jeff, Funny! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I'm typically backed into calling people "HEY! Quit throwin' sh*t at me or I'll knock your a$$ of that stool, alright?!?" but maybe I'm a little off target here.
And that probably wouldn't be the first or last time either. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Frankly, I've lost count |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Don't you have wood to scorch somewhere? |
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Location: Utah | "Dude" just somehow seems to lack respect, especially when used by a teenager or professional subordinate towards me. Other times it doesn't bug me, but it does make me wonder about the maturity of the person using it sometimes. |
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by alpep:
I use boss, probably because I watched too many prison movies. Right Al... whatever you say.... :p :D :p |
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