Chillax…I thought it was funny because the thread was veering dangerously close to the cliche of “Women.They’re not like us. Am I right?”
Oh, that blank would of course be filled in with ‘Dude’. Like the F-bomb, it’s too flexible to NOT use as a noun, adjective, etc. DUDE! (warning), DUDE! (congratulations), DUDE! (astonishment)
I didn’t pick it up from growing up east of Denver (w-a-y east), I’m sure I got it from my college days in Tucson.