The Dude
The Dude is the main character in the 1998 film *The Big Lebowski*, a laid-back Los Angeles slacker who drinks White Russians, bowls, and stumbles through a convoluted kidnapping plot.
The character became a cult icon representing radical nonchalance and going-with-the-flow philosophy.
Fans sometimes use the Dude as shorthand for anyone who embodies relaxed indifference to life's chaos: He's basically the Dude—nothing fazes him.
The phrase the Dude abides signals acceptance of circumstances beyond one's control.
- bowlingPin-toppling pastime
- bowling alleyPin-knocking establishment
- White RussianVodka-coffee liqueur-cream cocktail
- robeLong loose outer garment
- slackerIdle responsibility evader
chill · Jeff Bridges · rug · abide · take it easy · laid-back · stoner · bum · nihilists · lazy · bathrobe · mellow · Big Lebowski · Donny · lanes · sunglasses · Los Angeles · hippie
- Comedy CharactersAustin Powers, Ace Ventura, Elle Woods, Napoleon Dynamite, Borat
- Fictional CharactersAlice, Oliver Twist, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Bilbo Baggins
- 90s Movie CharactersForrest Gump, Jack Dawson, Neo, Morpheus, Trinity
- Coen BrothersJoel Coen, Ethan Coen, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona
- nicknamesnickname, pet name, alias, handle, moniker
The DudePatrick Bateman
Ebenezer Scrooge · yuppie · workaholic · go-getter · overachiever
The Dudedrill sergeant
Trains raw recruits harshly
control freak · hothead · micromanager · Tony Montana · Michael Corleone
The Dudecompany man
Employee devoted to employer
organization man · suit · square · straight-laced · pillar of the community