Word: dudeness
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...location, leaving his dog to frisk around the swimming pool or a 20-room mansion. But loneliness finally catches up with him. and he is apt to be found merely staring at So walls all day long. Sometimes the master sends his pet to the Double E, a dude ranch for dogs, which features a swimming pool and canopied miniature cabanas with adjoining fire hydrants. Here, in a pleasant environment, dogs can enjoy themselves in supervised play and even tell each other the latest shaggy people stories...
...colloquialisms evolve slowly. "Jag," "tops," "dude" stayed around for decades before they began to lose their freshness. But jazz lingo becomes obsolescent almost as fast as it reaches the public ear. A term of high approbation in the swing era was "out of this world," in the bop era it was "gone," and today it is "the greatest" or "the end." Similarly, a daring performance was "hot," then "cool," and now is "far out." These are the terms currently most often used by modern jazz addicts: ball, n. A good time; having a ball; enjoying oneself...
Life in the pages of a Damon Runyon story is a happy affair, but Harry the Horse. Dave the Dude, Light-Finger Moe and many other guys and dolls seem to have been less engaging in fact than in fiction. When Runyon brought one of the real-life models of his characters home, his wife broke up the party by shouting: "Get that bum out of here...
...school he was something of a dude, and a natural standout in every sport he tried. In baseball he was an outstanding pitcher and outfielder, played against local coal miners' teams. In football he was a fast backfield star (a "scat back" according to Snead). He was on the track team and he boxed. He found little time for books...
White Sheep. In Dawson Springs, Ky., Police Chief Bill Boucher nabbed his brother Dude on a charge of reckless driving, jugged his father Jonas for drunkenness, hauled in his brother Claude for disturbing the peace and assaulting Police Chief Boucher...