 Among the very first published descriptions defining "dude". Image by special correspondent, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
The. DudesDude Dude American slang for an individual Dude is American slang for an individual, typically male.[1] 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. Current slang retains at least some use of all three of these common meanings.[2] For other uses, see Dude (disambiguation). History Evander Berry Wall, a New York socialite, was dubbed "King of the Dudes". He is pictured (1888) in the New York American newspaper at the time of… (Source: Wikipedia)
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