"Dudes" Topic

Does it annoy you when people refer to their minis as "dudes"?

I don't think I've ever heard anyone do that.

I've got some more of my banal poll suggestions if you're running out? I don't think I've done 'favourite ice cream' yet. Have I?

Mint Vienetta.

How very 1980s

Guys?

Maple Walnut.

Eric

Nope. My wife is rather cute when she does so.

For the OP, I do occassionally refer to my greenies as, "goons."

Regarding the proposed *better* subject matter: San Francisco Mint.

The Latin pronunciation is DOO-dayz :)

They are "my boyz" and they "have my back".

Do I hear an ooo ?

Do I hear an err ?

Do I detect a Missus ?

It's apparently the latest 40K fad, maybe a U.S. thing? I don't know why it annoys me…

… because it _is annoying?

It isn't exclusively a U.S. thing btw (and I think you have the general provenance right) …

Phil

I refer to my miniatures as my dudes on occasion; since its also an expression that refers to male anatomy I'm not surprised that it annoys some people.

If it's a 40k fad, it's the first I've heard of it; I don't play 40k.

I think it has to do with the younger gamers and their slang. Heck, I have done it at one point or another.

"That dude there is going to move and shoot."

More often than not, I usually say,

"That guy there is going to…"

I guess it makes me feel younger? (Only 27, but, still…)

Yeah. I often call them "guys", too.

Pistachio. Though I prefer gelato. Strawberry if 'plain' ice cream.

And don't forget the plural: "dudesmen"

"Dude" is a word I use to refer and address anyone or anything vaguely masculine… friends, coworkers, dogs, miniatures… I am almost 43 but I grew up in Southern California and it stuck…

Nope.
Do it all the time.

Mine are "goobers"

The Dude abides

I cannot get used to anyone using "dude". That just shows my age. I just like feelin' groovy.

The carpet made the room.

Ask Kyote to decide he is the "King of Dudes"

When gaming I usually refer to my units as chaps.

"These chaps will have a shot at your fellows there, old bean!"

It annoys me when people refer to their dudes as 'minis'.

Indeed. Quite often. Not sure if any of them have been GW though.

Also chaps, fellahs, figgers, gentlemen, men*, pukka gens, folks, dogs, cats, hepcats, dudesters, hipsters, and very occasionally late for dinner but NEVER minis.

*Or whatever they happen to actually be.

You've been listening to 40k podcasts, and therefore are probably picking up on some of the "language" used by persons in places farther west.

If you find yourself saying "At the end of the day" before 2/3rds of your statements, that has the same root cause.

Would you like to meet my little friends?

I have never heard anyone call their guys "dudes". Of course, I don't do 40K, so I am out of the loop.

My wife calls them my "little men." Maybe one day I will gently correct her and let her know the correct term is "mighty leaden host."

I've probably referred to my minis as "Dudes" before, but that's likely because I refer to people as "dude" also.

Suck it up.

They have names, you know. All of them.

It doesn't really annoy me when someone else calls his men "dudes". Living in Austin, that's a word I hear frequently anyway. But it's also not my own choice. I typically refer to mine as "my troops", "my men", or often, "my guys", but never "my dudes".

"My heroes" or "Your scum"

Kyote may refer to his minis as "dudes" but no one else should.

Nope.

Dude is common surfer slang here in California. It's considered 'cool' around here because it's so retro '80s 'Bill and Ted' and the teenage skateboarders and developmentally arrested slackers (including gamers and yours truly) love it.

Never heard it, would not bug me.

I tend to refer to my figures as "the lads" when I am in a fanciful mood as in "we'll have to get the lads on the table this weekend" (which would sound odd to anyone not a gamer, I confess), and by the unit or type when at the table, as in "Ha!, Your Guards have failed again!"

No