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In the early 1960s, dude became prominent in surfer culture as a synonym of guy or fella. The female equivalent was "dudette" or "dudess", but these have both fallen into disuse and "dude" is now also used as a unisex term. This more general meaning of "dude" started creeping into the mainstream in the mid-1970s.
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Also common in Australia and New Zealand. (US and UK also: guy, US dude). blower telephone blues and twos (slang) emergency vehicle with lights and sirens (emergency services in the UK generally use blue flashing lights and formerly used a two-tone siren) (US: lights and sirens or code) bobby
LGBTQ slang, LGBTQ speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others.
The Online Etymological Dictionary confirms that it started as 19th century New York City slang (of unknown origin) for an "aesthetic" young man. +An gr 12:50, 11 August 2010 (UTC) The camel thing looks like a folk etymology. The folk etymology in the US (at least when I was in middle school) was that "dude" meant a cow's anus or something like ...
Short for opposition or enemies; describes an individual's opponents. A secondary, older definition has the term be short for "other peoples' pussy". Originated from street and gang culture. Dexerto claims that the primary definition stems from the secondary one, which was derived from a 1991 Naughty by Nature song titled "O.P.P.". The ...
“Ooh! This place serves caviar on French fries. How boujee!!” 5. Dead or dying or ded. No, Gen Z is not *actually* dead. They just say this when something’s funny to the extent that it could ...
Urban Dictionary Screenshot Screenshot of Urban Dictionary front page (2018) Type of site Dictionary Available in English Owner Aaron Peckham Created by Aaron Peckham URL urbandictionary.com Launched December 9, 1999 ; 25 years ago (1999-12-09) Current status Active Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in ...