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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 9590511, member: 649&quot;]Wikipedia discusses the history of the use of the word <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude" rel="nofollow">&quot;dude&quot;</a>.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie76" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting tidbit:</p><p>&quot;The term &quot;dude&quot; may have derived from the 18th-century word &quot;doodle&quot;, as in &quot;Yankee Doodle Dandy&quot;.&quot;</p><p>EDIT:&nbsp; Yet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude#/media/File:1883_-_origin_of_dude_-_Chicago_Tribune_-_25_Feb_1883.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude#/media/File:1883_-_origin_of_dude_-_Chicago_Tribune_-_25_Feb_1883.jpg" rel="nofollow">THIS</a> 1883 <i>Chicago Tribune</i> article says that &quot;dude&quot; is a corruption of dodo. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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