Dude
The term dude describes a typical North American city dweller, later especially from the European east coast.
From this are derived:
- a colloquial form of address for a person, preferably male, especially in pop and surfing culture (female form often fellow )
- an affective exclamation of displeasure, corresponds to the German age! or man!
In literature, music and film, the name Dude stands for
- Dude , a character in the novel Tobacco Street (1932)
- Dude , a character from the American western Rio Bravo (1959)
- Dude , musical by Gerome Ragni (1972)
- The Dude (album) , music album by Quincy Jones (1981)
- the dude , the main character in the comedy film The Big Lebowski (1998)
- The Dude , first music album by American rapper Devin the Dude (1998)
- The Dude , French rock band (since 2000)
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