Dude comes from the Scottish word "duddies"

**chewse** · 13th March 14, 07:29 AM

I use the word "dude" way too much I will admit. I didn't think about the origins of the word until I saw this article:

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/he...dude-1-3337981

**Glen** · 14th March 14, 05:56 AM

thanks, dude...

**HippieLee** · 14th March 14, 03:33 PM

The Dude abides

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**Highlander31** · 19th March 14, 06:35 PM

Thanks for the link.
Interesting (I won't say it,...I won't say it,...well maybe, yeah okay) Dude.

**OC Richard** · 23rd March 14, 06:24 AM

Uh, I don't buy it. "Duds" yes, "dude" no.

We forget sometimes that the early US had a large German and Dutch population, and to this day we say gesundheit when somebody sneezes and we send our kids to kindergarten and we eat cookies and have a boss at work.

Doedel means 'fool' and appears in Yankee Doodle; it's also spelt dudel and was shortened to 'dude' meaning an ignorant citydweller out of his element visiting the country; a Dude Ranch caters to such. How it became the standard word for 'fellow' or 'guy' in Southern California I don't know.