Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Dude ideas (April 3, 1906) (midwest.social)

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago (2 children)

During the late 19th century, “dude” was popularized, and its meaning hotly debated. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word's first formal definition was: “A man who shows an ostentatious regard for fashion and style in regard to dress or appearance; a dandy, a fop.”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fop is one of my favorite words =)

I have a weekly D&D campaign where my wife plays a dragonborn fighter who she describes as "quite foppish" and it makes me chuckle XD

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Well, I don't want Fop, goddamn it! I'm a Dapper Dan man!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Pretty funny how "dude" morphed from meaning someone uptight about appearances to being just a regular guy.