On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 22:03:21 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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>> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
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>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>> "Leo" wrote in message
>>> vidual.Net...
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>>> On 2020 Feb 21, , Bruce wrote
>>> (in >):
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>>>> You don't believe in man made global warming. Does that also mean
>>>> you're in favour of burning as much coal as we want? Because it
>>>> doesn't have an effect anyway?
>>>
>>> Dude! (see how I did that?) We’re running out of coal. It’s a
>>> diminishing resource. We were supposed to be out of oil long before now.
>>> I
>>> don’t believe Jack from environmental “scientists”. It’s lucky for
>>> you that old men like me expire, so “woke” people inherit the Earth. I
>>> blame Marco Polo for the mess that you suppose we’re in.
>>>
>>> leo
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>>> LOL I still haven't come to terms with the word 'woke'!!! Do you use
>>> it??
>>>
>>> BTW 'Dude' is still not something I know)
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>> Wow! My step-grandpa used "dude" but not in the same way that we do today.
>> As in, "Ain't he a dude!" Meaning that the man was quite well dressed and
>> a
>> show off to the ladies.
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>> Oh that was nice! Probably not the meaning these days, eh?
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>Apparently it means any person male or female. For a time it meant male.

For a female it's Dudette.