[Ads-l] dude = 'person of any gender'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not new, but worth noting:

Gina McCarthy, White House Climate Adviser (age 66), on CNN just now:

"I'm the dude who's supposed to deliver this in a timely way."

JL
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