It's very hard to explain to younger people that to GenX "dude" as an interjection is not gendered. Nor always human.
My kid gets it.
We will dude a pair of shoelaces that snaps.
The TV when it suddenly- pixels.
The power goes out? Dude.
Dude is a one syllable shorthand for proclaiming WTF. In humor; in offense.
It's a glorious word.
@Shelter I have found that we Gen Xers need to be VERY careful about our use of the term “hook-up”.
@SECRET_ASIAN_MAN @Shelter Precisely.