From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: [9fans] Fork: useless and painful? From: Jack Johnson To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1059811513.3438.51.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 01:05:13 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0f433774-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 15:26, Jim Choate wrote: > On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Jack Johnson wrote: > > > Excuse my '80s-ism, but: DUDE! > > Actually that's originally a person who can't ride a horse (goes back to > sometime in the 1800's), it was used that way until the late 60's and early > 70's when disco folks picked it up. From there it's just become a general > expression. As a noun, referring to a man in excessive/fancy attire, it stems from the late 1800 during America's westward expansion, literally from the "duds" they were wearing. As a replacement for "mister" or "sir" the usage comes from the '60s, also from the difference in attire compared to the "hippies". The evolution into generic interjection comes from the early '80s. > I'd almost be willing to bet you were born in the 60's (probably late). '70, which is close enough, I suppose. -J