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Indeed, the data presented here confirm that dude is an address term that is used mostly by young men to address other young men; however, its use has expanded so that it is now used as a general address term for a group (same or mixed gender), and by and to women.
The term dude was first used in print in 1876, in Putnam's Magazine, to mock how a woman was dressed (as a dud/dude). The use of the word dudde for clothing in English goes as far back as 1567. The term âdudeâ may also have derived from the 18th Century word âdoodleâ as in âYankee Doodle Dandyâ.