"dude" on Lexicon Valley

[Ben Zimmer]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 9:19 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>
> On the Lexicon Valley podcast, Mike Vuolo does an excellent job
> presenting the research by Messrs. Popik, Cohen, and Clements
> on the origins of "dude":
>
> http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2014/01/lexicon_valley_the_etymology_and_early_history_of_the_word_dude.html

And now, it seems, the podcast has inspired a clue on "Jeopardy!"
Captured for posterity, the Final Jeopardy clue in tonight's game
(part of the "Battle of the Decades" tournament):

https://twitter.com/bgzimmer/status/441407143304904704

--bgz

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