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Dudeism

Dudeism noun: an easygoing, vaguely Taoist philosophy and lifestyle inspired by the fictional character Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, as portrayed by Jeff Bridges in the Coen Brothers' 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Noun

Dudeism (uncountable)

  1. An easygoing, vaguely Taoist philosophy and lifestyle inspired by the fictional character Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, as portrayed by Jeff Bridges in the Coen Brothers' 1998 film The Big Lebowski.

Origin of Dudeism

From dude + -ism.

Questions about Dudeism

What does Dudeism mean?
Dudeism means an easygoing, vaguely Taoist philosophy and lifestyle inspired by the fictional character Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, as portrayed by Jeff Bridges in the Coen Brothers' 1998 film The Big Lebowski.
What part of speech is Dudeism?
Dudeism is a noun.

Words near Dudeism in the dictionary

  1. duded up
  2. dudedom
  3. dudeen
  4. dudeens
  5. dudeing
  6. Dudeism
  7. Dudeist
  8. Dudeists
  9. Dudek
  10. Dudelange
  11. dudeless

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