Timeline for Are "dude" and "man" disrespectful words?
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| Jun 29, 2015 at 13:46 | comment | added | Stan Rogers | It's probably worth mentioning, as well, that man can also be used in a dressing-down sort of way, lending something of a flavour of "you should know better" or "this is no time to panic". Phrases like pull yourself together, man or where is your decency, man may not be as common as they once were, but they're still current. It's taking a bit of a parental tone and can be quite formal. It's easy to distinguish in speech by intonation, but not in writing; an attempt at "archetypal hippy" can come off as "Sergeant Major" in writing if familiarity is not already well-established. | |
| Jun 28, 2015 at 19:35 | history | edited | Kirt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 28, 2015 at 6:15 | history | answered | Kirt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |