If i walk into a room full of men and women and say 'Hi dudes' ?

[Whodyanickabollockoff]

Like it was a youngish crowd and some bloke i'd never met before goes and 'dudettes' also???I always thought it was a uni-sex word 'dudes'.Please correct me if i'm wrong.TYIA

According to Wikipedia it's just slang for an individual here.

You're not wrong, but possibly slightly cringy.

Dudes is very Bill and Ted.

Would you mind if i said 'thanks dude' to you then Robin ?

I hate that word. My housemate walks in saying that Every. Sodding. Day. Hate it.

I think it's unisex though?

It makes me think of early 90s and strange air guitar antics!

Thanks Beaver

lol Robin

It was in a chat room on line btw

I say Lads. With a thick Irish accent. Seems to cover all sorts.

HTH

YAWBU to use 'dudettes'!

TSC used to call everyone 'dude' on here.

BottomWeekly will you say that to a room full of both sexes?

LRD what does YAWBU mean please? TYIA

'You would be unreasonable'.

But I don't mean it entirely seriously!

I think 'dudettes' sounds funny. And you could argue it is less feminist to take a term that isn't gender-specific and make up a secondary term that is obviously feminine to supplement it.

I was thinking of TSC when I read the op.
Where is she?
I liked her.

Dudes? I can only say that word if I put on a California, skater, stoner voice.

She got banned for things she shouldn't have got banned for, basically.

Not that I'm partisan.

It was an online chat room. Who cares?

Technically you didn't walk into A room of people either...

Thanks LRD i ended up in a bit of a barney with this bloke .I apologised because i thought i must be in the wrong i say 'sorry ladys good evening to you aswell'(whatever) then i go 'How's it going' and then he goes 'How's what going?' .I left the room WAs he being unreasonable or was i being unreasonable? We have since gone on to have a massive fight on line about this today.Your thoughts please?

He's an arse.

fair call Fakebook

I tend to just use peeps when I'm saying hello or goodbye to family and friends. Xx

Thanks VivaLeBeaver .that's made me feel better , been feeling shyte about it most of the day

I think that bloke sounds like a pedant of twatty proportions and you should tell him to fuck right off

This is the second thread I have seen this evening where the sadly-missed TSC has been mentioned

I think life is too short! He sounds bizarre.