There is a fantastic Lexicon Valley podcast episode about this [0] which draws on most of the same evidence. It also dicusses whether the word "Dude" my have be

There is a fantastic Lexicon Valley podcast episode about this [0] which draws on most of the same evidence. It also dicusses whether the word "Dude" my have been popularised from the same song. Definitely worth checking out! [0] http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2014/01/lexicon_valley_the_etymology_and_early_history_of_the_word_dude.html http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/lexicon_valley/2014/0...