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The Dandy King: Joachim Murat, the French King of Naples. Regarding the existence and the political and cultural functions of the dandy in a society, in the essay L'Homme révolté (1951), Albert Camus said that: The dandy creates his own unity by aesthetic means. But it is an aesthetic of negation.
Dandy is a nickname which may refer to: Johnny Dolan (1849 or 1850–1876), New York City murderer and reputed gang leader; Dandy Livingstone (born 1943), Jamaican reggae artist; Alfred Lowth (1817–1907), English cricketer; Jim "Dandy" Mangrum (born 1948), lead singer of the American Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas
Dandy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: James Edgar Dandy (1903–1976), British botanist; Raymond Dandy (1887–1953), French actor; John Garrick (1902–1966), British actor born Reginald Dandy; Walter Dandy (1886–1946), American neurosurgeon and scientist
Dandy (surname) Dandy (nickname) Dandy Nichols (1907–1986), English actress born Daisy Sander; El Dandy, ring name of Mexican professional wrestler Roberto Gutiérrez Frías (born 1962) James Edgar Dandy, British botanist (1903-1976)
From the 1870s to the 1960s, dude primarily meant a male person who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy) or a conspicuous citified person who was visiting a rural location, a "city slicker". In the 1960s, dude evolved to mean any male person, a meaning that slipped into mainstream American slang in the 1970s.
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The word "fop" is first recorded in 1440 and for several centuries just meant a fool of any kind; the Oxford English Dictionary notes first use with the meaning of "one who is foolishly attentive to and vain of his appearance, dress, or manners; a dandy, an exquisite" in 1672. [2]
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