From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-05-18T00:55:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Dude?

On 17.05.2008 15:25, Phlip wrote:
>> Although it may well be the case that meaning has changed and / or people 
>> use it differently.  For example, I was exposed to the term the first time 
>> in http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0118715/ and picked up a slightly 
>> different meaning.
> 
> While a "lazy time-wasting slacker" might also entirely be a "respectable 
> urbane gentleman", in this case I think the movie directors are indulging in 
> "reclaiming the language". Like calling a bald guy "curly". 

You raise an interesting linguistic (or philosophical) question here: 
can someone who had curly hair but went bald be correctly attributed as 
"curly"?  Maybe something for the next Ruby Quizz... :-)

	robert