There are very few words in the English language that have such versatility in sentence structure. No, I am not referring to common Anglo Saxon word that starts with the letter F, although that one has a lot of versatility too. I am referring to a word that people associate mostly with surfers. The word that I am referring to is dude. Now, before you try to tell me that it isn't a versatile word, allow me to educate you.
I am a child of the West Coast and I grew up using this word a lot so it is a part of my internal lexicon. As a noun, dude can refer to a person of either sex, any animal, or object. And while it doesn't really work as a verb or an adjective, it does work to express feelings. When said with a lot of excitement, dude becomes a word to show how happy you are about something. When said sadly, it can show disappointment. With a touch of wounded pride, it can show being offended.
One other note to mention about the word dude is that it is considered one of the gender neutral words. And before you try to tell me that dude is for guys and dudette is for girls, about 95% of all the generations that use the word dude, use it for everyone. They also do not use the word dudette.
Dude!
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