dudism
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduːdɪzəm/
Noun
dudism (countable and uncountable, plural dudisms)
- (usually uncountable) The state or quality of being a dude, a man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance.
- 1894, William Ordway Partridge, Art for America, page 133:
- Aristophanes in Washington would do more than our President to grease the wheels of Civil Service Reform; while a Moliere or a Beaumarchais in New York would go far to put an extinguisher upon anglomania, dudism, snobbery, and tawdry display, and to help the solution of the vexed question between labor and capital
- 1915 April 3, “The College Tramp”, in The Notre Dame Scholastic:
- While not advocating dudism or extolling sensational ornamentation, we do stand for presentability and civilized appearance in the classroom and in the dining-room, on the campus and on the streets. A military shirt can be worn with as much grace and neatness as a tuxedo, and a sweater or jersey is respectable when clean.
- 1981, James Farrell, “Questions asked in a hospital”, in Eight short, short stories & sketches, page 12:
- Professor Allen dressed carefully, wearing well-cut, well-tailored clothes. He was, in the apparel he wore, at the edge of dudism.
- (uncommon) (An instance of) speech or behavior typical of a dude, a young man.
- 2009, Craig Owens, “On the White Russian”, in The Year’s Work in Lebowski Studies, page 341:
- For, while it’s conceivable that the Martini is to James Bond what the White Russian—or to use the preferred dudism, the Caucasian—is to the fortuitously eponymous protagonist of the Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski, it is not so clear what impact his Belarusian leanings have had
- 2012, Rob Sawyer, Birduder 344: A Life List Ordinary, page 272:
- Just to add to the dudism, I was now the proud owner of a Porsche 911 in which we were hacking along the A30 down to Newquay Airport
- 2015, Jeff Brown, An Uncommon Bond, page 213:
- I soon saw Dude leaning against a head shop taking the sun. I opted to run into him—been a long time since I had been fed a Dudism.