dude

So we were at the mall and these two dudes just walk up to us and say "hi".

Dude, I'd be careful around the principal; he's having a bad day.

Dollie. […] [W]hen I went I had a proposal of marriage. / Silas. Who from, Dollie? / Dollie. Why, from a man— / Silas. Oh! I thought it was from a dude. / Dollie. Not this time.]

Dudes are at least as entertaining as cows, even when they don't mean to be. A cow can’t voice that honestly curious question that turns a poor cowboy into a laughing fool the way a dude can. Probably nothing in the world can move a cowboy more than a newborn calf's clean, good looks and actions, unless it’s the look of awe on a little dude’s face the first time it sees a cowboy on a horse.

When the dude dons gloves couleur de chien jaune éclairé de la lune—

[the colour of a yellow dog lighted by the moon]