dude
whenever a chick calls me dude
i always have to look around
who is she talking to?
it can’t be me?
it just can’t be?
it always baffles me.
dude?
the first time i ever heard the word “dude” come out of anybody’s mouth was in new york in 1992. on houston street. richard kern was telling me about the beautiful chicks he was photographing in the nude, and he said “dude”, and it was funny because nude rhymes with dude. so that worked for me. also because it was houston street, so it made sense, dude on houston.
but every time i have ever heard that word i am at a total loss. how did that silly word become a mainstay of the contemporary international lingo? how?
August 16th, 2009 at 12:29 am
i remember hearing once the word came from doodecan, a rancher, cowboy…
though this source says it was to make fun of nattily dressed gents, like this:
http://podictionary.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dude.jpg
also, check it out, you were born the same year (i think?) as:
In 1964 - the future “dude” of them all, keanu reeves is born in beirut, lebanon.
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:48 am
you have explained it yourself- camaraderie between individuals presuming themselves to be cowboys- the same individuals who secretly long to be called Mavericks after their recalcitrant horses