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Dude" may have derived from the 18th-century word "doodle", as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy". [6] In the popular press of the 1880s and 1890s, "dude" was a new word for "dandy"—an "extremely well-dressed male", a man who assigned particular importance to his
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Guappo historically refers to a type of flashy, boisterous, swaggering, dandy-like man. [6] The word eventually became associated with members of the Camorra and has often been used in the Naples area as a friendly or humorous term of address among men. [ 7 ]
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.
From standard Spanish acicalado bembé a big party. [3] [6] bichote Important person. From English big shot. [7] birras Beer. [3] bochinche gossip [8] boricua The name given to Puerto Rico people by Puerto Ricans. [3] bregar To work on a task, to do something with effort and dedication. [9] broki brother or friend. [5] cafre a lowlife.
Dandy (mascot), a former mascot of the New York Yankees; Dandy Dam, Pakistan; Dandy loom, a cotton loom; Dandy (paddle steamer), built in England in 1823; Dandy rig, a British term for a sailing rig, similar to a yawl; HB-Flugtechnik Dandy, an Austrian ultralight aircraft; Dandie Fashions, sometimes called Dandy Fashions, a 1960s London boutique
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