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  2. Dude - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2010 August 11 ...

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    It has been widely believed, used and postulated by Australians that the word dude somehow means camels dick or foreskin. I wonder where this idea orginated, given dude has many other colloquial meanings in the USA and in England. Can you please help resolve this historical and/or slang usage. Thank you kindly, Emma Crichton.

  4. Steve Brodie (bridge jumper) - Wikipedia

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    Brodie's fame persisted long past his death, with Brodie portrayed in films and with the slang term "Brodie"—as in to "do a Brodie"—entering American vernacular, meaning to take a chance or a leap, specifically a suicidal one. [1]

  5. 36 Non-Toxic Ways To Spot A Guy Who’s Completely ... - AOL

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    A guy who's secure will felate their breakfast burrito because it makes the first guy uncomfortable. Edit: surprising number of replies seem to be completely missing the point.

  6. San Diego Slang - AOL

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    Getty Images San Diego, Calif. -- home of sun, sand, surf.... and slang! Of course, San Diego slang includes the expected surfer lingo ("Dude, did you ride those swells this weekend?"), but there ...

  7. 20 iconic slang words from Black Twitter that shaped pop culture

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    In honor of Black Twitter's contribution, Stacker compiled a list of 20 slang words it brought to popularity, using the AAVE Glossary, Urban Dictionary, Know Your Meme, and other internet ...

  8. Bro culture - Wikipedia

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    Since 2013, the term has been adopted by feminists and the media to refer to a misogynist culture within an organization or community. In a New York Magazine article in September 2013, Ann Friedman wrote: "Bro once meant something specific: a self-absorbed young white guy in board shorts with a taste for cheap beer. But it’s become a ...

  9. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    soft bread roll or a sandwich made from it (this itself is a regional usage in the UK rather than a universal one); in plural, breasts (vulgar slang e.g. "get your baps out, love"); a person's head (Northern Ireland). [21] barmaid *, barman a woman or man who serves drinks in a bar.