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Why do people misuse the word "dude" on SW?

Not for the first time I've had some troll call me "dude" and I've seen it being applied to other women on SW as well. Why, when the Oxford English Dictionary doesn't list it as a gender-neutral word? Why do people use a word like that inappropriately on this site?
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IKR? It's not just the word "dude." I hear people refer to girls as guys - "all you guys," when they're girls - or bro or bruh. I don't get it. When I was growing up, a male was a guy, and a female was a gal.
trackboy · 22-25, M
@Moodswings cis gender means your think of yourself as the gender your born with rather then thinking your the other gender. 😺
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trackboy · 22-25, M
@Moodswings sigh. I am ready for labor day parade. that will be fun! 😺
MarkPaul · 26-30, M
Why do people misuse the term, "troll?"
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MarkPaul · 26-30, M
@Moodswings If you are doing what you describe, then good news... you will be cleared of all charges. Many times though, people imply they are innocent and turn out to be guilty of what they claim they are not doing. In that case, you would be formally brought up on charges.
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
I dunno, in my part of the world, it basically is gender neutral, and is often used as an interjection rather than a direct reference to the person being spoken to. Language evolves. Slang evolves even faster.
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Moodswings Because nobody can be arsed to keep track of shit like that, for one. And also because in 2019 english speakers around the world tend to know how to use dude properly in its many various contexts.
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Celt43 · 46-50, M
I don't think I've ever used the word dude to either male or female
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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Moodswings Oh, it's much older than that.
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User41 · 36-40, M
i deliberately call some women “dude” cause I know it will annoy them.
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User41 · 36-40, M
Alright I watched.

I get why you like it. It’s well done.

It just doesn’t speak to me at all tbh.

@Moodswings
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Effloresce · 26-30, F
I call everyone dude
Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
Effloresce · 26-30, F
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Lostpoet · M
Dudette is the proper form.
Lostpoet · M
@Moodswings idk, wasn't that on full house? Where that little girl says it.
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It's not that serious. 🤷 I also call everyone "bro".
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trackboy · 22-25, M
dude wheres my car?? sweet! dude!!! sweet! dude! sweet!! dude!!!! 😺
trackboy · 22-25, M
@Moodswings yes it was realy funny. ashton shows his thighs a lot in his movies. I noticed that before. none of those dorky long shorts for him. you seen the Cheech and chong movies??? the pink panther movies???? 😺
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trackboy · 22-25, M
@Moodswings the pink panther movies are realy funny. fun bits like the mafia saying he survived 17 assassination attempts including two by his own boss. one movie had all the worlds assassins trying to kill him. one scene he was in toilet stall. assassins went into the stalls on both sides of him. he bent down to retrieve dropped roll of toilet paper and they shot each other through his stall. giggle. there was a dead woman in his bath tub so he called room service to tell them there is a dead woman in his bath tub. he miss pronounces bomb. they are really funny movies. I find the Cheech and chong movies funny too. another scene he is wearing a gargoyle costume pumps it up and he floats out the window of his apartment then his apartment blows up. the nuns see him floating across the sky and they cross themselves. his side kick kato is always attacking him. he dropped something that was burning into his bosses trash can and by time he left his bosses office was on fire. snicker. he was carrying a giant pretzel and one assassin had spikes for her breasts and impaled the giant pretzel. 😺
Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
dude also implies what you're about to say is important to the conversation or you, or to check someone.
Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
@Moodswings I guess you need to use it often to know what it means.
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SW-User
Is this your 1st , 2cnd , or 3rd acccount?
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SW-User
@Moodswings I muted you on one of them and yet I can see this one.
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ImKelsey · 26-30, F
I think illiterate Americans started that.
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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
It always makes me wonder if they actually think I'm dude.

 
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