What is a dude?

Mar 12, 19998 posts by 6 posters
Question

Viewers explain that 'dude' is American slang for a guy or man, with connotations of being young, cool, and athletic, in contrast to older or less attractive men.

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Rackare

In one of the Seinfeld episodes there�s a dude living with a woman Jerry is dating. The tranlation from english to swedish was not very good, so I didn�t really understand the meaning of what a dude is. Can anyone explain what the meaning of the word "dude" is? What does a dude do? Rackare. Anv�nd tillbringa! Allt g�r att missf�rst�, om bara viljan finns.

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do?

A dude is simply a guy. A very common American slang expression, doesn't mean much more than that. Jerry was stunned to find that there was some dude, a man, living with the woman he was dating.

richforman

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The News Guy(Mike)Rackare

It is a guy, a man, a fellow, - but it also has an implication of being young, athletic, tough, cool, good looking, etc...

George would not be called 'a dude'. An older man would not be 'a dude' A 'dude' picks up 'chicks'.

Hope that helps,

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dude do?

young,

Tony the Mimbo in "The Stall" was also a dude or a" fellar"

Mo

The DudeRackare

Vet du inte vad en snubbe �r? /RC

Rackare skrev:

RackareThe Dude

The Dude wrote:

Jo, men de �versatte "dude" med "pys", d�rf�r trodde jag "dude" hade n�gon speciell betydelse i amerikansk slang, annars skulle v�l �vers�ttningen ha varit just "kille" eller "snubbe"; d� hade det aldrig satt n�gra myror i huvudet p� mig, vilket d�remot "pys" gjorde. Rackare.

Anv�nd tillbringa! Allt g�r att missf�rst�, om bara viljan finns.

Ved I om der er en Skandinavisk / Svensk / Norsk / Dansk nyhedsgruppe og/eller hjemmeside?

Rackare skrev i meddelelsen ...

varit

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The DudeMichael Pold

�r du helt go i huvet eller? N�, jag sk�mtar bara. Bara f�r att ett par enstaka personer i en nyhetsgrupp talar svenska s� beh�ver inte HELA nyhetsgruppen vara svensk.

I am suprised that noone wants the previous posts to be translated. :-)

Michael Pold skrev: