Women calling each other "dude" and "bro" in movies and shows.

[AZJonnie]

13. I remember other kids teasing me because I was calling guys "dude" in like 1982

As in, as far as I could tell, I was the only one who used the word in my entire high school.

I'm pretty sure I got it from my dad, who grew up in a somewhat poor, let's call it "inner city" type neighborhood in the 50's/60's, and was also a Teamster in the same area after school, and Teamsters there were VERY diverse. Whereas where I lived in 1982 was white suburbia (funnily enough only like 20 miles from where my dad grew up, but a very different place. If you know the difference between, say, Hunter's Point, SF vs Montclair in the Oakland Hills, you'd get an equivalent in both distance and culture).

Anyways, I feel vindicated now that practically everyone uses the word "dude", even for dudettes. I was totally right and ahead of my time and those other kids were stupidheads for teasing me