February 2012
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Pulpo Fiction: on anthropology and dudes →
pulpofiction:
the word ‘dude’ has 5 different functions
(1) marking discourse structure,
(2) exclamation,
(3) confrontational stance mitigation,
(4) marking affiliation and connection, and
(5) signaling agreement.
these functions are all derived from the indexicality of the word signaling ‘cool…
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“Well, it’s no secret that the best thing about a secret is secretly telling...”
– Spongebob (via forever-and-alwayss)
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