We need a member for Legion of Mages.
Me, MrChuckles, and Skye =D
Also, TMDoc will be back with us once he's done horsing around with real life and stuff.
bartjan@spiderwebs:~$dict dude 3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dude \Dude\, n. A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations. [Recent] [1913 Webster] The social dude who affects English dress and English drawl. --The American. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]: dude n : a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: {dandy}, {fop}, {gallant}, {sheik}, {beau}, {swell}, {fashion plate}, {clotheshorse}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thesaurus]: 31 Moby Thesaurus words for "dude": Beau Brummel, beau, blade, blood, boulevardier, buck, chap, clotheshorse, coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, fashion plate, fellow, fine gentleman, fop, fribble, gallant, guy, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, lady-killer, lounge lizard, macaroni, man, man-about-town, masher, popinjay, puppy, spark, sport, swell
I guess that doesn't apply to me? ;)
Funny that quoting from a dictionary requires the use of <nospellcheck> tags...