• @[email protected]
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    407 months ago

    During the late 19th century, “dude” was popularized, and its meaning hotly debated. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word’s first formal definition was: “A man who shows an ostentatious regard for fashion and style in regard to dress or appearance; a dandy, a fop.”

    • @[email protected]
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      197 months ago

      Fop is one of my favorite words =)

      I have a weekly D&D campaign where my wife plays a dragonborn fighter who she describes as “quite foppish” and it makes me chuckle XD

      • @Klear
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        167 months ago

        Well, I don’t want Fop, goddamn it! I’m a Dapper Dan man!

    • @samus12345
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      97 months ago

      Pretty funny how “dude” morphed from meaning someone uptight about appearances to being just a regular guy.