It's not like either word is new but I feel like "bro" and variations like bruh or brah have become way more commonly used in the last decade among younger people as a term of address in contexts where I would have just said dude

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[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Geography as well. Maybe dude was big in the USA. That just occurred to me.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, definitely.

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I’m from the UK. We’ve said it for as long as I can remember, but mate is way more common.

Edit; amongst numerous others.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

I have fond memories of my elementary school teacher in the 80's (northeast US) getting absolutely enraged anytime someone in our class said Dude. And she would respond with " frothingfash A DUDE IS THE FIRST HAIR ON AN ELEPHANT'S ASS!" and we loved it. hahaha