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dude / doōd/ inf. • n. a man; a guy: if some dude smacked me, I'd smack him back. ∎  a stylish, fastidious man: cool dudes. ∎  a city-dweller, esp. one vacationing on a ranch in the western U.S. • v. [intr.] (dude up) dress up elaborately: [as adj.] (duded) my brother was all duded up in silver and burgundy. DERIVATIVES: dud·ish adj.

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	Hey, dude, did you just call me 'dude'?(General News) Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 5/16/2004; 540 words ; Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard dude (dood, dyood) n. 1 a man too much concerned...adj. - dud'ishly adv. Happy Mother's Day, dude. Wait a minute. That was last Sunday. But...calling your mother, or any other female, a dude, is no different than saying, Hey, man... Read more
	Guitar is worth a bundle, dude.(Entertainment) Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 9/17/2006; 507 words ; ...Mark Baker The Register-Guard It was a Strat, dude. A '56 Strat, at that. What many Register-Guard...with that old guitar case? Showing it off, dude. Why? Because what's inside is worth `30 bills, dude. Moseley, perhaps best known - at least when... Read more
	Seriously, dude, it was a joke: Fox canceled the straights-play-gay reality show Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay before it aired. Was it a hoot, or was it homophobic? You won't get to find out.(television) Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 10/12/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...its two-hour reality special Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay just days before it was scheduled...Defamation declared a victory. Seriously, Dude was seriously homophobic, insisted the...the creative consultant on Seriously, Dude. Our primary purpose was to be funny, but... Read more
	Michael Moore strikes again.(Dude, Where's My Country? (Book))(Book Review) Magazine article from: Catholic New Times; 1/4/2004; ; 629 words ; Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore; New York: Warner Books...nations. His vision is for the well-being of all society. Dude, Where's My Country? is an unrelentingly funny and unstinting...by how we treat the most vulnerable, a passion evident in Dude. The chapter Jesus W. Christ takes on the right ... Read more
	The Thrashard meets the Poser. Magazine article from: Thrasher; 10/1/2003; 259 words ; HEY DUDE!! WHATS UP? NOTICE YOUR SKATE SHOES. DO YA...FROM UP STATE A COUPLE DAYS AGO MAN RIGHT ON DUDE!! BRING YOUR BOARD TOMMOROW. WE'LL SKB...COLLEGE. SOUNDS FUCK'N COOL!! WHATS YOUR NAME DUDE?? MY NAMES ALEC YOU GUYS TALK LIKE BITCHES... Read more
	Dude, Where's My Country?(Book Review) Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 3/23/2004; ; 637 words ; Dude, Where's My Country? By Michael Moore. Warner, 249 pp...promotes values that most Western nations accept as a given. Dude, Where's My Country? is an unrelentingly funny and unstinting...by how we treat the most vulnerable--a passion evident in Dude. Jesus W. Christ takes on the right-wing usurping of ... Read more
	"Dude, where's my projector?".(NEW)(Brief article) Magazine article from: University Business; 5/1/2009; 67 words ; Dude, Where's My Projector? by Dan Zimmer. Twenty years ago projectors were heavy, bulky things that look a couple of days to install... Read more
	Emile: "dude, are you doing this movie or not?". Magazine article from: Take One; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...to get a bit fed up. So I said, 'Look, dude, are you doing this movie with me or not...know.' And he said, 'Did you just call me dude?' Bessai laughs. But he loved this sort...film had more to do with the filmmaker. Dude! Dude! he says, mimicking Bessai. Carl... Read more
	100 years of saddled dudes. (Eaton's Ranch, Wyoming)(Western Wanderings)(Column) Magazine article from: Sunset; 5/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...a century at Eatons' Ranch, the oldest dude ranch in the world. That may seem a frivolous...guests offered to pay for the privilege. The dude ranch was born. Howard Eaton moved his...lives by and for the horse. The matching of dude to horse is, in fact, the key event of... Read more
	Nah, that's not me dude.(Trash) Magazine article from: Thrasher; 5/1/2005; 21 words ; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ex-pro Phil E stopped riding the stuntwood and devoted his life to understanding the book. No, not Bible, stupid Read more

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	dude Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology dude fastidious or exquisite ‘swell’, XIX. orig. U.S. sl; prob. — G. dial dude fool. Read more
	dude ranch Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English dude ranch • n. (in the western U.S.) a cattle ranch converted to a vacation resort for tourists. Read more
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	Tobacco Road Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...mother, his 16‐year‐old son Dude, and his repulsive, hare‐lipped...x201C;for other purposes,” induces Dude to marry her by buying a new automobile...the rapid ruin of the new auto, owing to Dude's ignorance and reckless driving, which... Read more
	Girl Crazy Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...nightclubs, gambling casinos, and women, Mr. Churchill sends his son Danny ( Allen Kearns ) to Custerville, Arizona, to run a dude ranch. Danny hires New York taxi driver Gieber Goldfarb ( Willie Howard ) for the journey, and soon after their arrival Danny... Read more

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