where I grew up in California not only is “dude” generally non-gender-specific, half of the time it doesn’t even refer to a person at all.
I said it to a faucet today.
A customer once came to me to order a sandwich and said “I want this dude”
Dude is more than a word, it’s an emotion.
dude is a way of life
It sure is dude
i say dude when im not supposed to say fuck
everyone knows that “dude” was introduced in the medieval ages by a man on a tank with a guitar.
By a man on a tank with a guitar best way to introduce a word. On a tank with a guitar.