Timeline for Is "dude" becoming gender neutral?
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| Oct 26, 2015 at 18:03 | comment | added | Jason | @DCShannon it's actually an exclamation as a form of address... it's not fully one or the other. Your suggested alternatives don't fully capture the intent of the phrase, which is first and foremost to grab the attention of the individual to whom you are referring. Consider instead "Dude, look at me", another one my wife and I have used with our children. | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 16:37 | comment | added | DCShannon | In the first example usage: "Dude! What..." I think 'dude' is just an exclamation, not a form of address. You could easily replace it with "God!", "Crap!", "Woah!", or any number of other exclamations that don't even mention a person. | |
| Oct 26, 2015 at 15:59 | history | answered | Jason | CC BY-SA 3.0 |