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November 1, 2008 8:51 am
Dude, how'd we ever start using the word dude? The Big Grantbowski traces the word's origin—it's over 125 years old. Here's a poem about dandy dudes from 1883, the year the word zoomed into common use. Ben Zimmer at Visual Thesaurus also has a very good summary of what is known about dude. This is part of a complete episode.