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Etymology of “dude” is traced to "doodle," as in Yankee Doodle Dandy

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Post by PhasmaFelis »

ScottBurson wrote: post #20

It says that "Immense!" was a common dude expression in 1883 -- it doesn't say for what, exactly, but I presume appreciation. I like it, actually! I'm going to start using it and see if I can start a trend. Immense!

I'm kind of excited about "but aw."

I'd like to imagine it means "I know, right?"

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Post by guscost »

beachstartup wrote: post #21
ChuckMcM wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently. Which tells you that nothing new actually is. It also makes you wonder what a Roman hipster would have been like in Caesar's time.

a greek.

"I used to make burnt offerings to Athena before it was cool."

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Post by flurie »

I never thought that I'd have the chance to submit on topic one of my favorite figures from history. Behold the king of the dudes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evander_Berry_Wall.

ed. This is actually a better link: http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1907811

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Post by jonnathanson »

"For a correct definition of the expression the anxious inquirer has only to turn to the tight-trousered, brief-coated, eye-glassed, fancy-vested, sharp-toes shod, vapid youth who abounds in the Metropolis at present."

I submit that this definition is as true today as it was in 1887.

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Post by evincarofautumn »

noonespecial wrote: post #22
stiles wrote: post #4

Dudine is my new favorite word. I think it has a very pleasant sound when used as a greeting.

I'm trying to figure out: Should it be dood-eye-n (like wine), dood-een, or dood-een-eh (like a german might say)?

As an English & French speaker I would say [du̵ːˈdiːn] (dood-EEN).

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Post by evincarofautumn »

jonnathanson wrote: post #37

"For a correct definition of the expression the anxious inquirer has only to turn to the tight-trousered, brief-coated, eye-glassed, fancy-vested, sharp-toes shod, vapid youth who abounds in the Metropolis at present." I submit that this definition is as true today as it was in 1887.

The contemporary term is “hipster”.

Re: Etymology of “dude” is traced to "doodle," as in Yankee Doodle Dandy

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Post by evincarofautumn »

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #31
ScottBurson wrote: post #20

It says that "Immense!" was a common dude expression in 1883 -- it doesn't say for what, exactly, but I presume appreciation. I like it, actually! I'm going to start using it and see if I can start a trend. Immense!

I'm kind of excited about "but aw." I'd like to imagine it means "I know, right?"

I don’t know the true origin, but it sounds like Scots to me. “Aw” = “all”, and “but aw” would presumably be like “after all”, or “though” in Bristol (or maybe Yorkshire?) dialects.
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