[YT Edit] The Big Lebowski

“Dude” was a derogatory term for a long time in the US. It was short for “Doodle”, as in “Yankee Doodle”…which was a way for the Brits to call Americans “Dandies” or “Yankee Doodle Dandies”. “Fops”…basically a derogatory term for homosexual (think of Dennis Reynolds in the Liberty Bell episode of “Sunny”). That’s why “The Stranger” (Sam Elliott) said nobody would self-apply it where he comes from. He’s a man of a time. He’s a cowboy.