What is a slang "Dude" that appeared to be tedious in American movies and dramas?

If you like American movies and dramas, the characters will appear in various scenes "DudeThere must have been a murmur scene. The slang "Dude" has so many meanings that it feels like "if you say" Dude "for anyone who does not understand English, I guess something will happen". This is an American television commercial that understands the versatility of "Dude" well.

Budlight Dude Commercial 3


"Dude!" When you stop a taxi that started while leaving your own baggage


When the airplane shakes with turbulence, I murmured as "Dude ..." with a look like "Come on, c'mon."


Even when calling a man next door with feeling "Hey, that girl is really cool," "Dude"


A movie that describes the slang "Dude" where various usage is present like this is published on YouTube.

The Evolution of Dude


In 1883,Brooklyn BridgeAt about the same time as completion of the word "Dude" was born in New York. However, "Dude" which was born at this time means that the meaning is different from "Dude" currently used in the United States.


Originally "Dude" is a word that refers to people imitating a typical British who wears trendy fashion and talks and how to tame. People who were called "Dude" in the 1880s seemed to be wearing silk hat sticks, tight pants and pointed shoes.


People called "Dude" seemed to be unfaithfully accepted, such as getting ridiculed of customs and attitudes in the newspaper, but the meaning of "Dude" at that time was "very unique fashion People "was the one.


Several decades later in the 1920s - 1940s, the styles of rich people in urban areas "traveling to the western US and spending vacation in a wild environment" became popular.


Instead of distracting English people instead of cowboys, their cheapness to ride horses at sightseeing ranches rather than in the wilderness, they will be newly called "Dude". At this point, the word "Dude" loses its specificity like "British people" and changes to a wider range of people.


Such "Dude" was established as a slang pointing to "a cool male" in the 1940's and 1970's.


At this point the word "Dude" seems to be almost the same as the slang "cats" meaning "jazz player who used to be a jazz player" used among African Americans. The slang "cats" gradually expands its meaning, and it will transform into a slang that later points to "people".


In the 1980s and 1990s, surfing in California came to be called "Dude", so "Dude" was a big fashion among young people.


The long and relaxed pronunciation of the word "Dude" matched their relaxed atmosphere.


The word "Dude" has so many meanings in its long history that now it has become possible to call "Dude" regardless of the sex or appearance of that person.


In addition to using it as a pronoun, it is even possible to express all emotions due to the difference in intonation.


She looks happy "Dude!"


"Dude ..." as if it was shocked


The slang called "Dude" casually used by Americans seems to have a history far beyond imagination.