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Re:The Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds by ionforce on Monday July 08, 2013 @05:30PM (#6009455)
I doubt you would have said the same thing if the post started with "that dude" or "that guy".
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Re:The Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds by jamesaguilar on Monday July 08, 2013 @05:36PM (#6009491)
Maybe because neither of those words connote vapidity?
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Re:The Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds by sliverstorm on Monday July 08, 2013 @05:38PM (#6009500)
What's the feminine alternative to "dude"?
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Re:The Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds by jamesaguilar on Monday July 08, 2013 @05:39PM (#6009508)
None that occur to me off the top of my head, at least not when speaking about someone negatively. You could always go full-ninja-turtles and call her a dudette. Chick certainly isn't it, though.
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Re:The Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds by paulrademacher on Monday July 08, 2013 @05:54PM (#6009596)
According to wikipedia, either "dudette" or "dudess."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude

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