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There was an inordinate number of non-combat related crashes during WWII. Here are some of the non-combat crashes with a couple of combat crashes. There were manufacturing defects as well. See November 22, 1944 crash. One built for Churchill was lost March 27, 19452 June 1941“The first British Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II, AL503, on its acceptance flight for delivery from the cat company Consolidated Aircraft Company plant at San Diego, California, crashed into San Defiogo Bay when the flight controls froze. All five of the civilian crew were killed. The flight engineer, Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Bruce Kilpatrick Craig, was posthumously commissioned into the Army Air Corps, and on 25 August 1941 the airfield in his hometown was renamed Craig Field, later Craig Air Force Base.”“Investigation into the cause of the accident resulted in a two-month delay in deliveries, so the Royal Air Force (RAF) did not begin receiving Liberator IIs until August 1941.”22 April 1942B-24D-CO, 41-1133,“The aircraft had been returning to Kirtland Field, Albuquerque. All nine people on board were killed. Joe Baugher cites crash date as 22 May 1942.“4 June 1942“Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II, AL601, was destroyed, resulting in the deaths of 14 army flyers when the aircraft struck a hilltop as it circled for an emergency landing. Shortly after takeoff, the plane developed an unspecified mechanical issue, which the pilot reported to nearby Hamilton field, asking the tower to clear a runway. As the plane approached the field, it suddenly lost altitude and crashed into a hillside on the Herzog ranch, 3 miles (4.8 km) NW of Hamilton field.“7 June 1942“Maj. Gen. Clarence Tinker became the first U.S. general to die during World War II when his plane crashed during the Battle of Midway. His Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II, AL589, of the 31st Bombardment Squadron, 5th Bombardment Group, 7th Air Force, was seen going down, taking him and eight other crew to their deaths. Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was named in his honor on 14 October 1942.”1 July 1942“Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II, AL527, of the 38th Bomb Squadron, 30th Bomb Group, flown by 1st Lt. Robert K. Murphy departed March Field, California, and struck the top of a low knoll two miles (3.2 km) west of the field. It was destroyed in two explosions that initial reports described as bombs going off, though no bombs were loaded for the training flight. Nine crew died.“11 October 1942“B-24D-1-CO , 41-23647, c/n 442, the eighth block 1 airframe, of the 469th Bomb Squadron, 333d Bomb Group, based at Topeka Army Airfield, Kansas, piloted by Ralph M. Dienst, suffered engine failure and crashed into a hillside three miles (4.8 km) west of the base.”“Eight people were killed and one critically injured. Army officers stated that the plane was on a routine flight.“6 January 1943“At 1735 Central War Time three miles (4.8 km) west of White City, Kansas, a B-24D-13-CO, 41-23961, c/n 756, of the 469th Bomb Squadron, 333d Bomb Group, out of Topeka Army Air Base, piloted by Robert Clyne, suffered a catastrophic structural failure due to ice. All were killed instantly except for Lt Maleckas, who escaped by parachute.”6 January 1943“B-24D-20-CO, 41-24202, c/n 997, of the 504th Bomb Squadron, 346th Bomb Group, out of Salina Army Airfield, Kansas, suffered a fire in flight and crashed 15 miles (24 km) SW of Madill, Oklahoma. The aircraft, piloted by R. G. Bishop, was destroyed by fire.12 February 1943“B-24D-35-CO, 42-40144, c/n 1221, of the 528th Bomb Squadron, 380th Bomb Group, Biggs Field, Texas, piloted by Charles C. Wylie, suffered engine failure, resulting in a stall-spin. The aircraft came down 8 miles (13 km) NW of Roswell, New Mexico, according to a crash report, and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Roswell according to the Associated Press.““Eight crew members were killed aboard; one crewman parachuted to safety.17 February 1943B-24D-53-CO, 42-40355, c/n 1432, crashed at Tucson Municipal Airport No. 2, Tucson, Arizona.“Of the 34 on board, 6 Consolidated Aircraft employees riding as passengers were killed and several others were injured. The damaged airframe was subsequently modified into the first C-87 Liberator Express.”3 May 1943“B-24D-1-CO, 41-23728, "Hot Stuff", of the 330th Bomb Squadron, 93d Bomb Group, 8th Air Force, out of RAF Bovingdon, England, crashed on Mt. Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes peninsula after an aborted attempt to land at RAF Kaldadarnes, Iceland. Thirteen were killed in the crash including Lt. Gen. Frank Andrews and six of his staff; only tail gunner SSgt George A. Eisel survived. Andrews was the highest-ranking Allied officer to die in the line of duty at that point in the war, and was on an inspection tour as Commander of US Forces, European Theatre of Operations. Andrews Field (later Andrews Air Force Base) was named for him on 7 February 1945.““It appears that "Hot Stuff" was the first heavy bomber to successfully complete 25 missions when it bombed Naples on 7 February 1943, despite the publicity given the "Memphis Belle" and "Hell's Angels" of the 303d Bomb Group. The bomber had been on the first leg of a trip to the United States for a war bond tour when it was lost.“20 May 1943“B-24E-5-FO, 42-7053, c/n 77, of the 1014th Pilot Transition Training Squadron, Tarrant Army Airfield, Texas, departed the field at 0650 CWT, piloted by David S. Alter.““At approximately 1145, the aircraft struck the side of a 20-million-cubic-foot (570,000 m) gas storage tank of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company at 3625 73rd Street and Central Park Avenue, approximately two miles (3.2 km) SE of Municipal Airport, Chicago, Illinois. All 12 crew were killed. (Joe Baugher cites the date as 5 May 1943, but this is incorrect.) Approaching the airport from the southwest in light rain, light fog and light smoke, with a 500-foot ceiling and .75 miles visibility, the bomber circled the field to the north and east, and was on a southern heading when it struck the approximately 500-foot-tall (150 m) tank at the 125-foot level, initially with the left wingtip. Much of the forward fuselage fell inside the tank structure which exploded, throwing steel plate over 300 feet (91 m) with heat felt over a mile away. Nine employees were on the grounds but none were injured. Four United Airlines flights had rejected landings at the airport between 0957 and 1027 due to conditions, and continued to Milwaukee.““The storage tank had been largest of its type in the world, erected in 1928 at a cost of $2 million, according to a Chicago Daily Tribune account; it was not rebuilt.”4 July 1943“RAF Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II, AL523, crashed on takeoff from RAF North Front, Gibraltar, killing the exiled Polish Prime Minister Władysław Sikorski, together with his daughter, his Chief of Staff Tadeusz Klimecki, and seven others. Only pilot Eduard Prchal (1911–1984) survived. The flight departed at 2307 hrs. and crashed into the sea after only 16 seconds of flight. Sikorski had tirelessly worked to promote the Polish cause and there were rumours that his death was not accidental. He had broken off relations with the Soviet Union on 26 April due to the Katyn massacre and his death was convenient for Stalin and the western Allies who were trying to preserve good relations with Russia.“8 August 1943“Consolidated RB-24E Liberator, 42-7159, c/n 183, built as a B-24E-15-FO and redesignated in the Restricted category, of the 605th Bomb Squadron, 399th Bomb Group, Wendover Field, piloted by Herbert Williams, Jr., experienced engine failure and crashed on U.S. 40-50 several miles east of Wendover, Utah. The aircraft slid across the highway and hit railroad tracks, coming to rest 100 feet (30 m) on the opposite side. 10 to 15 minutes later, a westbound freight train encountered the scattered wreckage and a spread rail. Three freight cars derailed with twenty-six more piling together.”“Two hundred feet (60 m) of the railroad was torn up, and a rail official estimated damage to train and freight at $200,000.““The trainmen helped the injured fliers escape from the wreckage.““Ten were injured, some critically, and co-pilot 2nd Lt. Richard L. Blue died at Wendover Field's hospital.““The bomber did not burn.”“The locomotives powering the freight were an EMD FTA-FTB semi-permanently coupled pair2 September 1943“Consolidated B-24E-25-FO Liberator, 42-7237, c/n 261, of the 703d Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group, crashed on a routine training flight, killing all 10 crew members. The crash occurred 5 miles (8 km) from Sioux City air base according to the Associated Press, and 1 mile east of the base according to the crash report.”4 September 1943“B-24E-25-CF, 41-29071,of the 701st Bomb Squadron, 445th Bomb Group, Sioux City Army Air Base, Iowa, crashed in a corn field 4 miles (6.4 km) SW of Moville, Iowa. All eight crew members were killed.“20 October 1943“A Consolidated Liberator III from No. 10 Squadron RCAF, on a routine flight from Gander, Newfoundland, to Mont-Joli, Québec, flew into a mountain near Saint-Donat, Lanaudière, Quebec, due to inclement weather and a mapping error. Everyone aboard was killed and the wreckage was not located for more than two years.“25 October 1943“Two Consolidated B-24H Liberators of the 724th Bomb Squadron (Heavy), 451st Bomb Group (Heavy), from Fairmont Army Air Field, Nebraska, collided while flying in a formation of four B-24Hs during a training flight at 20,000 feet (6,100 m) The bombers crashed in agricultural fields, one 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Milligan, Nebraska, and the other 3.6 miles (5.8 km) NE of Milligan. All eight crew died aboard B-24H-1-FO, 42-7657, while the sole survivor of ten crew on B-24H-1-FO, 42-7673, was copilot 2nd Lt. Melvin Klein, who was thrown free of the wreckage and deployed his parachute.”“A Nebraska historical marker was erected in 2010 near Milligan.”8 January 1944“B-24J-40-CO, 42-73365, (the first block 40-CO airframe) of the 776th Bomb Squadron, 464th Bomb Group, Pocatello Army Air Field, Idaho, crashed 40 miles (64 km) NW of the air base during a night training mission.““The crash occurred on the grounds of the Idaho National Laboratory.”“Five crew members were found killed at the crash site and the bodies of the remaining two crew were located and identified by 11 January.”12 January 1944“B-24D-165-CO, 42-72887, c/n 2447, of Biggs Field, Texas, made a crash landing 30 miles (48 km) north of Biggs following mechanical failure.”“(An Associated Presswire report gave the location as "about 35 miles north of El Paso.") Seven crew were killed and one critically injured.”22 January 1944“Two RB-24Es of B-24 replacement training units 355th Bomb Squadron, 302d Bomb Group, Langley Field, Virginia, collided on a local flight. B-24E-25-CF (as built), 41-29075, c/n 67, flown by Howard R. Cosgrove, crashed and burned, killing all seven on board. B-24E-25-FO (as built), 42-7420, c/n 444, piloted by Carlos N. Clayton, crash landed in a swamp; despite the aircraft being virtually demolished, none of its eight crew members suffered serious injury.”25 January 1944“B-24E-25-DT, 41-28544, of the 34th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Blythe Army Airfield, California, piloted by Donald J. Harris, crashed 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Quartzsite, Arizona, killing all seven aboard.“9 April 1944“B-24D-135-CO, 42-41128, c/n 2203, of the 420th AAF Base Unit, March Field, California, crashed in a weather-related accident 3 miles (4.8 km) SW of Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station Mojave, California, while on a routine training flight to simulate a long-range bombing mission. All ten crew members were killed.”“The crash site was rediscovered in 2005.11 April 1944“B-24H-25-FO,'' 42-95064, crashed while flying from Waller Field, Trinidad, to Belem, Brazil. Its last reported contact was at 0905 hrs., when a ground station in Brazil relayed a requested weather report to the aircraft.”“Decades later, the crash site was discovered in dense jungle 50 miles (80 km) NE of Macapa and 250 miles (400 km) NW of Belem. A three-week recovery effort by Army Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii (CILHI), with assistance from a FAB (Brazilian Air Force) team, found two sets of dog tags and numerous bone fragments. The remains of the crew were interred under a group headstone at Arlington National Cemetery on 20 February 1988.“25 April 1944“A Royal Air Force Liberator B Mark VI EW-148 en route to Britain via Gander, Newfoundland, crashed into the Griffintownneighborhood in downtown Montreal, Quebec, minutes after taking off from Dorval Airport. The five-member RAF Ferry Command crew and ten civilians on the ground were killed, and a large fire destroyed at least 10 homes. Witnesses described seeing part of the tail detached at low altitude as the aircraft apparently tried to reach the river. The crew included three members of the Polish Air Force.”29 April 1944“Consolidated RB-24E Liberator, 41-28413, They were flying back to their base at Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico after a brief stop-over at Glenview Air Field, Chicago, Illinois and while overflying Nebraska, and due to bad weather the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a canyon located some 15 miles southwest of Merna. All 10 occupants were killed.““Capt. Virgil D Anderson - Capt. Stanley M Foster - 2nd Lt. Frank L Brown - 2nd Lt. Warren C Karas - 2nd Lt. Charles F Piel - Flt. Off. Rollin E Ryburn - S/Sgt. Eugene D Rydstedt - Flt. Eng. Cpl. Adam Joseph Kochan - Pvt. Edward J Jacobs - Pvt. Bruno C Oskar.“5 May 1944“B-24J Liberator, SN: 44-40332, crashed early in the morning after departing from Hickam Field on a replacement mission en-route to the 5th AF. Shortly after take off, they failed to make a turn and crashed into Pu'u Uau Ridge in the Ko'olau mountains on Oahu, Hawaii. Some of the wreckage is still visible along the Aiea Loop Trail within the Keaiwa Heiau State Recreation Area. All ten aviators perished serving their country. Their names were 2 Lt W R Kimble, 2 Lt C E Mueller, S Sgt J J Dowd, 2 Lt W E Somsel Jr, Sgt J H Means, Cpl G L Weiss, Cpl M F Campos, 2 Lt M Righthand, S Sgt M F Norman, Cpl J J Carlucci“.8 June 1944“C-87-CF Liberator Express, 41-24006, c/n 801, crashed during attempted belly-landing at Station 4, Jorhat, India. The pilot was Lawrence C. Ackerson.”15 June 1944“B-24J, 44-40564, crashed while attempting night landing at Abadan, Iran. Pilot Dealma Lurry.”15 July 1944“B-24J-5-FO Liberator, 42-50871, of the 272d Base Unit, Topeka AAF, Kansas, crashed one mile NW of Ashville, New York, killing all five crew.““The Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research website indicates that the bomber was involved in a mid-air collision, but provides no further details, and no other aircraft appear in accident report listings at this location and date.“23 August 1944“A United States Army Air Forces (AAF) B-24H-20-CF, 42-50291, "Classy Chassis II", crashed into a school at Freckleton, Lancashire, England, at 1047 hrs. after aborting a landing at Warton Aerodrome. 20 adults, 38 children and the 3-man crew were killed. In addition to a memorial in the village churchyard, a marker was placed at the site of the accident in 2007.”15 September 1944“A U.S. AAF TB-24J Liberator, 42-50890(built as a B-24J-5-FO and converted), of the 3007th AAF Base Unit, Kirtland Field, crashed, killing all eight crew members. The aircraft was en route from Bakersfield, California, to Kirtland Field, New Mexico, when it flew off-course and crashed into a boulder field near the top of Humphreys Peak, 10 miles (16 km) north of Flagstaff, Arizona, at about 0330 hrs. The location is nearly inaccessible and has been left undisturbed.“18 October 1944“A U.S. AAF B-24H-20-CF, 42-50347, broke-up in mid-air over the town of Birkenhead, England. The aircraft was on a flight from New York to Liverpool and the accident killed all 24 airmen on board.“22 November 1944“PB4Y-2 Privateer, BuNo 59544, on a pre-delivery test flight by company crew out of Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California, lost its port outer wing on climb-out and crashed in a ravine less than two miles (3.2 km) from point of lift-off. All crew were killed. The wing panel came down on a home at 3121 Kingsley Street in Loma Portal.““The cause was found to be 98 missing bolts, with only 4 spar bolts holding the wing. Four employees were fired and Consolidated Vultee was found guilty of gross negligence.”24 October 1944“U.S. Navy Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, BuNo 59394, of VPB-106, out of NAAS Camp Kearney, California, became lost in bad weather on a long-range training mission, ran out of fuel and ditched in the Gulf of California. Eleven crew, two female Marines, and the squadron canine mascot all evacuated the bomber as it rapidly sank.““The party made their way to a deserted island near the eastern coast of Baja California, subsisting on raw fish and clams until they were rescued by Mexican fishermen four days later”.30 November 1944Two B-24J-35-CO Liberators, 42-73344and 42-73357, of the 233d Combat Crew Training Squadron, flying out of Davis–Monthan Army Air Base, collided on a training mission NE of Tucson, Arizona. All eighteen airmen died. The crash occurred in the desert over a major natural drainage canal known as the Pantano Wash, at a point half-way between present day East Broadway and East Speedway.“15 December 1944“a Liberator flying out of Truax Field near Madison, Wisconsin crashed into Lake Pepinon the Minnesota/Wisconsin border. Al three aboard were killed. The aircraft was recovered in April, 1945.”30 January 1945“B-24L-1-FO, 44-49180, crashed west of Helendale, California. Three crew died in the crash while three others successfully bailed out.““The wreckage was recovered to Victorville Army Airfield, California.”26 February 1945“C-87A-CO Liberator Express, 41-24174, was lost between Kwajalein and Johnston Island while en route to Hawaii. Brigadier General James Andersenwas aboard, and Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, was subsequently named in his honor.“27 March 1945“RAF Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II, AL504, the first Mk II accepted by the British, converted to a very long-range VIP transport for the prime minister and named "Commando", was lost over the Atlantic Ocean. It was travelling between the Azoresand Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The prime minister was not on board.““Lost with the crew was Air Marshal Sir Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond, the RAF's Air Member for Training.“5 April 1945“A B-24H-15-DT, 41-28779 of the 564th Bomb Squadron, 389th Bomb Group (Heavy), was captured by the Luftwaffe on 20 June 1944 (MACR 6533),and operated as KO+XA by KG 200. It departed Wackersleben, Germany, to avoid the Soviet advance with twenty-nine KG 200 personnel aboard for a flight to Bavaria via Braunschweig. About 25 minutes into the flight, a German flak battery fired on KO+XA, damaging the fuselage, wings, right outer engine and rudder cables, and injuring two passengers (one of whom died). Pilot Oberfeldwebel Rauchfuss landed in a meadow near Quedlinburg, but a power line forced him to apply power to clear it and the bomber broke its nose wheel strut when it overran into a freshly ploughed field. Damaged components were sent for repair and an attempt was made to take off on 13 April, but the clearing proved too short, the aircraft bogged down in the sodden soil, and the nose strut broke again. The crew then destroyed the airframe by burning it.“21 April 1945“B-24J-1-FO, 42-95592, "Black Cat", of the 784th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group, based at RAF Attlebridge (USAAF Station 120), was shot down during military operations over Germany. It had aborted a mission to bomb a rail bridge at Salzburg, Austria, due to bad weather, and was returning to base when it received a flakburst in the port wing near Regensburg. It was the last heavy bomber of the 8th Air Force lost over Germany during World War II, and the only loss of this mission. Only the bombardier and the tail gunner escaped from the aircraft to become prisoners of war, the other ten crew being killed. (MACR 14182)”30 April 1945“The first production PB4Y-2 Privateer, BuNo 59359, was destroyed by fire on the ramp at Lindbergh Field, San Diego, California. It was being prepared for a flight to NAS Twin Cities, Minnesota. A mechanic attempted to remove the port battery solenoid, located 14 inches below the cockpit floor, but did so without disconnecting the battery. A hydraulic line three inches above the battery was accidentally punctured with a wrench and the fluid ignited, setting the entire aircraft alight. The mechanic suffered severe burns and only the starboard outer engine of the aircraft was deemed salvageable. The cause was ruled to be an unqualified mechanic attempting a task that only a qualified electrician should undertake.“10 May 1945“Two PB4Y-2 Privateers, BuNo 59437 and 59721, both of VB-4, collided in mid-air while in training over Munson, Florida. As a F6F Hellcat fighter dove at the formation of two patrol bombers, the bombers maneuvered into a turn and the trailing bomber collided with the leader, disabling one of the leader's engines. The lead bomber went into an immediate spin and crashed. The second PB4Y flew straight and level for a short time before it also spun and crashed. The wreckage came down about eight miles (13 km) north of Munson. Twenty-eight crew were killed, including one found in an unopened parachute.“14 May 1945“Consolidated B-24M-15-CO "Brief", 44-42058, of the 494th Bombardment Groupfrom Angaur, was shot down by anti-aircraft fire while taking part in a bombing raid over Koror, Korea. The bomber's left wing was struck by flak fire, destroying it and causing it to swing into the fuselage. Nine crew died in the crash, with the sole survivor captured and later executed by Japanese forces.“13 June 1945“A USAAF B-24H-25-FO, 42-95095, of the 66th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group, returning to the U.S. from Prestwick Airfield, crashed at Shieldaig in the remote Fairy Lochs in Wester Ross, Scotland. The crew of nine were killed along with six crewmen from Air Transport Command.““A memorial has been erected at the site.“13 July 1945“B-24H-20-FO, 42-94956, c/n 1721, of the 2135th Base Unit, Tyndall Field, Florida, crashed due to bad weather 12 miles (19 km) NW of Southport, Florida. All the crew were killed.“3 November 1945“Consolidated LB-30/C-87 Liberator Express, AL-640, assigned to the 1504th AAF Base Unit, Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base, crashed into the Pacific Ocean and sank. The aircraft was four hours out of Hawaii en route to Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base, California, when it ran out of fuel and ditched at 0740 hrs., 500 miles (800 km) NE of Honolulu at approximately 149-50W/25-25N.”“Eighteen were killed and eight survived on life rafts to be rescued by surface vessels. Seven ships, including aircraft carriers, were involved in the search.““One of the survivors, John R. Patrick, was convicted at a court martial of involuntary manslaughter for failing to "determine positively" whether the plane had been refueled before takeoff.“Accidents and incidents involving the Consolidated B-24 Liberator - Wikipedia

Oxford English Dictionarydude, n., adj., and int.Forms: 18–19 doode, 18– dood, 18– dude.Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: doodle n.Etymology: Probably shortened < doodle n., perhaps with allusion to Yankee Doodle Dandy (see Yankee Doodle n.).The word was apparently popularized in New York early in 1883. N.E.D. (1897) notes that it was associated with the Aesthetic Movement (compare aesthetic adj. 3).colloq. (orig. U.S.).A. n.1. A man who shows an ostentatious regard for fashion and style in regard to dress or appearance; a dandy, a fop. Now rare.The precise meaning in quots. 1877 and 1879 is unclear; both are from military contexts, and may suggest an earlier slightly different sense. In later use not always easily distinguished from sense A. 3b.1877 F. Remington Sel. Lett. (1988) 15 Don't send me any more [pictures of] women or any more dudes. Send me Indians, cowboys, villains or toughs.1879 A. F. Mulford Fighting Indians (ed. 2) vi. 26 What a difference between the real soldiers we now met, and those paper collar dudes at Fort Snelling!…2. Chiefly U.S. regional. A man from the eastern United States; a male city dweller, esp. one unused to ranching or to rural life in general. In later use chiefly: a guest at a dude ranch. Now rare.1884 Santa Fé New Mexican Rev. 19 Mar. 1/3 Among them was the handsome young lady, who was accompanied by a dude of eastern pattern and make.1894 F. Remington Sel. Lett. (1988) v. 260 It's a whole book on Arizona. It's pretty fine for a dude who has never been in A[rizona] to follow you.…3.a. More generally: a person, esp. a man. In later use frequently as a form of address.1895 E. W. Townsend Chimmie Fadden, Major Max & Other Stories 21 I was kinder layin' fer dat dude, anyhow 'cause 'e is allus roastin' me.1916 A. Pollitzer Let. Dec. in Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 229 Isn't it funny we were reading Wright at the same time. Yes I certainly do agree—I wish I hadn't seen the dude.…b. With approving connotation: a person (usually a man) regarded as being ‘cool’ or fashionable, or as embodying some other admirable or desirable quality.1967 Trans-Action Apr. 6/1 My set of Negro street types contained a revolving..population of about 45 members ranging in age from 18 to 25. These were the local ‘dudes’, their term meaning not the fancy city slickers but simply ‘the boys’, ‘fellas’, the ‘cool people’.1988 R. L. Doneker CORMIX1 (Ph.D diss., Cornell Univ.) p. vi Appreciation should also be extended to my office-mate and total dude Marc Parlange for the countless hours of discussion and the occasional blind-sided choke hold.…B. adj.That is a dude (in various senses); (occasionally) characteristic of or resembling a dude.1879 A. F. Mulford Fighting Indians (ed. 2) iv. 16 Company C, 20th Infantry, was at that time composed of dude soldiers, pets of dress parade officers.1887 National Police Gaz. (N.Y.) 22 Oct. 2/3 The dude hamfatters after trying various games to skip unseen, conceived the idea of making up as a couple of well-dressed women.…C. int.Expressing awe, delight, surprise, etc.; used for emphasis. Cf. man n.1 16c.1989 P. Munro U.C.L.A. Slang 36 Dude!, Hey! Wow! Gee! Shit!1997 J. Seabrook Deeper vi. 193 I thought to myself, Right on! Dude! Welcome to the treehouse!…Oxford English Dictionarydoodle, n.Etymology: compare Low German dudeltopf, -dop, simpleton, noodle, lit. night-cap.colloq.1. A silly or foolish fellow; a noodle.1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy iii. 39 Vanish, Doodles, Vanish.1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret ii. 42 Why, doodle; jackanapes; harkee who am I?…2. A doodle-bug (doodle-bug n. 1). U.S.1887 Harper's Mag. July 276/1 She wondered how the nice, fat little round ‘doodles’ were getting on in their tin can under the house; she never had had such a fine box of bait.1939 These are our Lives (Federal Writers' Project, U.S.) 157 They not knowing any more than a doodle in the woods what she was saying.3. An aimless scrawl made by a person while his mind is more or less otherwise applied.1937 R. M. Arundel Everybody's Pixillated p. ix A ‘doodle’ is a scribbling or sketch made while the conscious mind is concerned with matters wholely unrelated to the scribbling.1938 Life 14 Nov. 7/2 It's a doodle picture. I've seen it dozens of times on telephone pads and what not.…dude - WiktionaryEtymologyOrigin uncertain, though likely derived from doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), perhaps with reference to the fashionable “Yankee Doodle dandy” in the 18th-century lyrics of the song “Yankee Doodle”;[1] the word is first attested in 1883[2][3] as a New York City slang term of contempt for a “fastidious man, fop”.[4]It has also been suggested that the word is derived from dudes (“old rags”; compare duds) and dudesman (“scarecrow”),[5] or possibly related to dawdle; to German Low German Dudeldop, Dudendop (“fool, dunce”), from Middle Low German dudendop (“cuckold; simpleton”); or to Saterland Frisian Duddigegen (“idiot”).…Noundude (plural dudes)(colloquial) A man, generally a younger man. So we were at the mall and these two dudes just walk up to us and say "hi".(colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning him or offering him advice. Dude, I'd be careful around the principal; he's having a bad day. Watch it, dude; you almost knocked me over.An inexperienced cowboy.(slang) A tourist.(archaic) A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.doodle - WiktionaryEtymologyInfluenced by dawdle, from German dudeln (“to play (the bagpipe)”), from dudel (“a bagpipe”), from Czech or Polish dudy (“a bagpipe”).The word doodle first appeared in the early 17th century to mean a fool or simpleton. German variants of the etymon include Dudeltopf, Dudentopf, Dudenkopf, Dude and Dödel. American English dude may be a derivation of doodle.The meaning "fool, simpleton" is intended in the song title "Yankee Doodle", originally sung by British colonial troops prior to the American Revolutionary War. This is also the origin of the early eighteenth century verb to doodle, meaning "to swindle or to make a fool of". The modern meaning emerged in the 1930s either from this meaning or from the verb "to dawdle", which since the seventeenth century has had the meaning of wasting time or being lazy.…Noundoodle (plural doodles)(obsolete) A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.A small mindless sketch, etc.(slang, sometimes childish) Penis.(Internet) the picture or animation that a website features centrally on its front pageNightcap (garment) - WikipediaMen's nightcaps were traditionally pointed, with a long top, usually accompanied by a small ball of some sort, which was used similar to a scarf.Oxford English Dictionarydodo, n.Etymology: < Portuguese doudo simpleton, fool, as adj. silly.An extinct bird, Didus ineptus, belonging to the family Columbidæ, formerly inhabiting the island of Mauritius; it had a massive clumsy body, and small wings of no use for flight; transf. and fig., an old-fashioned, stupid, inactive, or unenlightened person. Phr. (as) dead as the (or a) dodo: see dead adj. 32b.1628 E. Altham Let. to Sir E. Altham 18 June in Proc. Zool. Soc. (1874) 448 A strange fowle: which I had at the Iland mauritius called by ye portingalls a DoDo.1628 E. Altham Let. to Sir E. Altham 18 June in Proc. Zool. Soc. (1874) 448 [P.S.] Of mr perce you shall receue a iarr of ginger..and a bird called a DoDo, if it live.1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 211 Mauritius..here and here only and in Dygarroys, is generated the Dodo, [1638 347 a Portuguize name it is, and has reference to her simplenes] which for shape and rarenesse may Antigonize the Phœnix of Arabia.…Dodo - WikipediaThe etymology of the word dodo is unclear. Some ascribe it to the Dutch word dodoor for "sluggard", but it is more probably related to Dodaars, which means either "fat-arse" or "knot-arse", referring to the knot of feathers on the hind end.[29] The first record of the word Dodaars is in Captain Willem Van West-Zanen's journal in 1602.[30] The English writer Sir Thomas Herbert was the first to use the word dodo in print in his 1634 travelogue, claiming it was referred to as such by the Portuguese, who had visited Mauritius in 1507.[28] Another Englishman, Emmanuel Altham, had used the word in a 1628 letter, in which he also claimed the origin was Portuguese. The name "dodar" was introduced into English at the same time as dodo, but was only used until the 18th century.[31] As far as is known, the Portuguese never mentioned the bird. Nevertheless, some sources still state that the word dodo derives from the Portuguese word doudo (currently doido), meaning "fool" or "crazy". It has also been suggested that dodo was an onomatopoeic approximation of the bird's call, a two-note pigeon-like sound resembling "doo-doo".[32]Oxford English Dictionarydud, n.1Forms: ME–16 dudde, ME 16–17 (18–19 Sc. and Irish English (north.)) dudd, 15– dud, 16 dudes (plural), 18 dod (Eng. regional (Cumberland)).Origin: Of unknown origin.Etymology: Origin unknown. In sense 4 perhaps influenced by dowd n.1With sense 5 compare earlier duff n.2Earlier currency (in sense 1a) is implied by the following examples, although it is unclear whether these should be interpreted as showing the plural of the Middle English word or the ablative plural of an otherwise unattested borrowing into post-classical Latin:1307 in W. Greenwell Boldon Bk. (1852) App. p. xxxvii In..xxvj. duddis emptis ad pauperes.1334–5 in G. W. Kitchin Compotus Rolls St. Swithun's, Winchester (1892) 238 In donis eisdem pro eorum duddis.Chiefly colloq. in later use.1.a. Originally: †a cloak or mantle, perhaps esp. one made of coarse cloth (obs.). In later use: (in pl.) clothes.1355 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1926) I. 244 (MED) [John Fesaunt..1] dudde.a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 36 (MED) Lacerna, pallium fymbriatum, a cowle, a dudde, or a gowne.…b. Chiefly Sc. A rag, a scrap of cloth; a ragged or shabby item of clothing. Usually in pl. Now rare.1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 213 Criant caritas at duris..Barefut, brekeles, and all in duddis vpdost.1568 Sym & his Bruder l. 59 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) III. 41 Bot or thay twynd him & his dudis The tyme of none wes tareit.…†2. In pl. General or personal effects. Obs. rare.1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. sig. C6v All your duds are binged awast.1780 R. Tomlinson Slang Pastoral ix. 2 No duds in my pocket, no sea-coal to burn.…†3. Sc. Originally: a person dressed in ragged clothing. Hence: a feeble, spiritless, or indolent person. Obs.1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 100 Every Dud bids another good Day. Spoken of People in Rags and Tatters.1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales I. 274 Tou's naething but a dud to mony o' the chops o' this coontry.†4. U.S. Perhaps: = dowdy n.1 Obs. rare.1871 M. C. Ames Eirene ii. 20/2 I think she is dressed like a dud. Can't say how she would look in the costume of the present century.5.a. A counterfeit, a forgery; (also) a dishonoured cheque.1897 Daily News 14 Jan. 2/2 He admitted that he knew that he ought not to have sold the piracies, and that such works were known as ‘Duds’.1962 Daily Mirror 22 Nov. 3 She was sent out with the £5 note, but she came back annoyed because it was a ‘dud’.…b. A thing which fails to function in the way that it is designed to do; a thing which is in poor condition. Cf. dud adj. 3.During and after the First World War (1914–18) esp. with reference to explosive shells and other ordnance that fail to explode.1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Jan. 4/1 Gambling with ‘Duds’... A ‘dud’ car is a worthless contraption, which..has arrived at a stage when it would be dear at any price.1915 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 141 Our weary hearts rejoice When Silent Susan sends us down a dud!…c. An ineffectual or inept person.1908 Captain Apr. 23/2 We want talent, not duds.1939 Boys' Life Jan. 8/1 Everyone figures the kid brother is a dud because he didn't shine like Halley's comet the first time he took to the floor.…d. An event or performance that fails to live up to expectations or is otherwise disappointing.1919 Chicago Tribune 26 Mar. 19/4 Walter Hast..plans a Chicago production of Jack Lait's ‘One of Us’, which was a ‘dud’ in New York.1967 Daily Mirror 8 May 11 When we got there it was a dud. No cup of tea, no bangers. Nothing.…dudman n. now rare (Eng. regional in later use) a scarecrow.1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) Dudman, a Maulkin or effigies set up to fright birds from Corn or grain sowed.1749 J. Wood Ess. Descr. Bath (ed. 2) I. 30 His other name of Bladud..might have arisen from..his appearing as a meer Dudman while he was decked with Feathers.Oxford English Dictionarydowd, n.1Etymology: Of uncertain origin. In modern use appar. a back-formation < dowdy adj.The Middle English rhymes with shroud show that the Middle English vowel was /uː/ = French ou or Old English ú ; this separates it < dow v.3 (which besides appears later); it also eliminates Wedgwood's suggestion of connection with dawdle and Scots dawdie. The modern Scots dooda /ˈdudə/ may be related.A person, usually a woman, whose dress and appearance are devoid of smartness and brightness.c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11255 I trowe þer were many doude Þat proudly spak for noble schroude.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iii. 795 In sege a sot to se, Or do a dowde in dignite.Oxford English Dictionarydowdy, n.1 and adj.Forms: Also 15 doudie, 16 dowdie, 16–18 doudy.Etymology: A derivative of dowd n.1(It would be natural to regard the adjective as the primary form, < dowd n.1 with suffix -y as in need-y, etc.; but the noun, being known earlier, may be a diminutive formation, as in daddy, and the adjective an attributive use.)A. n.1A woman or girl shabbily or unattractively dressed, without smartness or brightness.1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession If plaine or homely, wee saie she is a doudie or a slut.1597 Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 39 Dido a dowdy Cleopatra a Gypsie.…B. adj.(Almost always of a woman or her dress.) Shabbily dull in colour or appearance; without brightness, smartness, or freshness.1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso iii. 45 Little dowdy Strumpets.1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 221 Female angels..of a far more charming beauty than the dowdy daughters of men.…dud - WiktionaryEtymologyUltimately from dudde (“ragged clothing or cloth”), of uncertain origin beyond that.…Noundud (plural duds)(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.(informal) A failure of any kind.A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.(obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.A loser, an unlucky personOnline Etymology Dictionarydowdy1580s (n.), "an aukward, ill-dressed, inelegant woman" [Johnson]; 1670s (adj.), perhaps a diminutive of doue "poorly dressed woman" (early 14c.), which is of uncertain origin. The modern use of dowd (n.) is most likely a back-formation from dowdy. "If plaine or homely, wee saie she is a doudie or a slut" [Barnabe Riche, "Riche his Farewell to Militarie profession," 1581].You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian. [Tammy Faye Bakker, "Newsweek," June 8, 1987]Oxford English Dictionarydod, v.1Etymology: Middle English dodden , apparently from the same root as dod n.3: compare doddy n.Wedgwood compares Frisian dodd, dadde, lump, clump, bunch; but the connection is doubtful.Obs. exc. dial.trans. To make the top or head of (anything) blunt, rounded, or bare; hence, to clip or poll the hair of (a person); to deprive (an animal) of its horns; to poll or lop (a tree), etc.; also fig. to behead.?c1225 (▸?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. http://C.vi) (1972) 310 Ge schule beon idoddet [= have your hair cut] four siðen iþe ȝer. to lichten ower heauet.a1307 Pol. Songs (Camden) 192 Hue nolden take for huem raunsoun ne ware; Hue doddeth of huere hevedes, fare so hit fare.…dodding n. the action of clipping the hair; tonsure; in pl., the wool clipped from a sheep.?c1225 (▸?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. http://C.vi) (1972) 15 Of doddunge. & of blodletunge.1825 [see main sense].1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Doddings, the fore-parts of a fleece of wool. North.Oxford English Dictionaryˈdodded, adj.Etymology: < dod v.1north. dial.Polled, lopped; hornless; awnless.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 125/1 Doddyd, wythe-owte hornysse..incornutus.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 125/1 Doddyd, as trees.Oxford English Dictionarydod | dodd, n.3Etymology: Evidently related to dod v.1; apparently a specific application of a noun of which the primary sense was ‘rounded head’: compare also doddy n.north. dial.In North of England and South of Scotland a frequent term for a rounded summit or eminence, either as a separate hill, or more frequently a lower summit or distinct shoulder or boss of a hill.Rarely applied to a lower buttress when not rounded, as Skiddaw Dod. Usually forming part of a proper name, like the equivalent Welsh Moel (Foel), but also an appellative.[1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 248/2 [article Westmoreland] Of which [branch] Dod Hill, Place Fell..and Swarth Fell are summits.]1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Dod, a round topped fell, generally an offshoot from a larger or higher mountain.…dod - WiktionaryEtymology 3Middle English dodden.Alternative formsdoddVerbdod (third-person singular simple present dods, present participle dodding, simple past and past participle dodded)(transitive) To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off.Dude: One of many insults Americans appropriated for themselves, who believe bad is good, someone who wears crap.

As a conservative, I need to clarify that the term credibility and Ann Coulter could not pass in one sentence without raised eyebrows.She styled herself as “polemicist”, as if that means something. She is the Rachel Maddow of the interventionist fascist side. She has nothing to worry about her credibility, especially in front of audiences like American people, the kind of audience that makes Keeping Up with the Karadshians commercially viable for more than 14 seasons.Honestly, when I saw that CNN photo of migrant child in cages, my suspicion grews, so I took time to Google and find corroborating news sources. You know, because CNN has that kind of reputation, just like their right wing counterpart. My brief research end up inconclusive. Yet, my views remain unchanged: do not separate. Deport both child & parents or keep them both. They are not cattle or pet animals.Ann Coulter meanwhile, did her common routine: making inflamatory comments on latest issues. This has been her forte since Bill Clinton years.She publicised a book full of accusations on liberal media and their bias against Southern US culture, one of them is NASCAR. It goes as far as accusing NY Times of ignoring NASCAR events such as 2001’s Dale Earnhardt death.The day after seven-time NASCAR Winston Cupchampion Dale Earnhardt died in a race at the Daytona 500, almost every newspaper in America carried the story on the front page. Stock-car racing had been the nation's fastest-growing sport for a decade, and NASCAR the second-most-watched sport behind the NFL. More Americans recognize the name Dale Earnhardt than, say, Maureen Dowd (Manhattanliberals are dumbly blinking at that last sentence). It took The New York Times two days to deem Earnhardt's death sufficiently important to mention it on the first page. Demonstrating the left's renowned populist touch, the article began, "His death brought a silence to the Wal-Mart." The Times went on to report that in vast swaths of the country people watch stock-car racing. Tacky people were mourning Dale Earnhardt all over the South!But then, she has been doing alternative facts. Because, the real fact is thatThe New York Times did, in fact, cover Earnhardt's death the same day that he died: sportswriter Robert Lipsyte authored an article for the front page that was published on February 18, 2001. Another front page article appeared in the Times on the following day. Coulter cited an article indeed written two days after Earnhardt's death—Rick Bragg, a Pulitzer Prize winner who grew up in the South, wrote a personal piece on Earnhardt and his passing—bringing the total to three days in a row in which the Times covered Earnhardt's death on its front page.[10]The paper also ran a prominent story about Earnhardt before his death.Coulter responded with this:In my three best-selling books — making the case for a president's impeachment, accusing liberals of systematic lying and propagandizing, arguing that Joe McCarthy was a great American patriot, and detailing 50 years of treachery by the Democratic Party — this is the only vaguely substantive error the Ann Coulter hysterics have been able to produce, corrected soon after publication. CONGRATULATIONS, LIBERALS!!! At least I didn't miss the Ukrainian famine (cf., Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Walter Duranty).[11]She doesn’t care about credibility and responsibility, she only cared about popularity buzz and hysteria, just like the SJWs.I would say that she is the equivalent of right wing SJW, the clown that makes Hillary Clinton almost succeeded in defeating Trump. Thankfully, we did not hear much of her during 2016 election.