make sure you ask your trans/non binary friends what they do and don’t like to be called 😊 it can mean a lot, if your unaware
make sure you ask your trans/non binary friends what they do and don’t like to be called 😊 it can mean a lot, if your unaware
100% agree with this, shouldn’t even need to be said!
However, I would posit that we need an inclusive equivalent for everyone, as the ethos of “dude/dudette” is, in my opinion, well worth keeping - some people simply are THAT cool!
I’m nowhere near smart enough to come up with new words (barely smart enough to use the ones we have…), but I’d totally want to have that sentiment preserved.
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woah! that’s interesting, but I sure dont care!
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Multiple sources, including Merriam-Webster, Cambridge and Oxford state that “dude” is a masculine noun, synonymous with man, guy, etc., so I disagree with this. As an exclamation, sure, as it’s not referring to anyone in particular, so it can be taken as an impersonal interjection.
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Well, judging by the myriad dictionaries out there, this word has been gendered well before this subject’s been broached.
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Weird hill to die on, this, where you’d rather defend words than people.
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I can’t hear “dudette” without thinking of that cringe gamer cleaning video. The word is genuinely ruined for me.
I am unaware of that video, blissfully so according to your observation!:))
How you feel about “mate”, mate?
not op, but I like “mate”, mate!
Mate is literally a cultural equivalent to “dude”
Checkmate. Or Czechmate for the Europeans.
“Mate”'s nice, mate, but… I dunno, feels like it doesn’t fully capture that… pizzazz that “dude” and “dudette” have.
a mate or to mate?
Mate you!
sis and girly are good
As nongendered speech?
I don’t know any non gendered onnes other than comrade, maybe pirate or captain 😂
Dude.
That is the gender neutral term.
Technically I think it actually means an elephants ass hair so it is also both a greeting and an insult and no one will ever know which you mean.
You don’t want to be called dude but you assume people you don’t know will be fine being greeted with comrade?!
Oh, I just use “sibling” or “sib” for that level of familiarity, easier that way:))
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