What is a feminine version of "dude"?

Solution 1:

I've heard the Spanish chica increasingly used this way by English speakers:

chica

noun

a female friend. Also used endearingly as "chiquita".

What's up, chica?

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Solution 2:

Among many of my friends (mostly 20-somethings, geeky, scattered throughout UK/US/Canada, including a couple of Californians), dude as a form of address is completely gender-neutral. So I often greet some of my female friends with “Dude, how’s things going?” or similar.

As a noun referring to other people, though, it’s usually still male-specific for me: “We passed a bunch of crazy dudes in the street…” would imply an all-male group, or at least predominantly male.

Of course, though, this is all hugely subculture-dependent!

Solution 3:

There's always "dudette", but that's seldom used when talking to someone. IME, it's more used in phrasing like "Dudes and dudettes, listen up!"

Solution 4:

I'm from california and am a teenager. We still use dude to refer to girls. I'm a girl and i would say to my other female friends "dude I found a gnarly trail yesterday, we should for sure scope it out yeah?" Or else if you're trying to summon a group then we just say the typical "guys, look!" ya know? Oh and never ever say dudette. You'll get the worst look for trying to be a surfer poser. And no one really says 'chica' either in cali so i wouldn't suggest that. But i mean if you visit norcal, at least, just stick with your native slang, we love people's phrases from other places, especially if you're from England, its a mutual love for each other yeah? California loves England, England loves California. Or else don't use any name, just say "pass me the sauce" instead of "dude or brah pass me the brew". Brah is also super commonly used, typically between bros but some stoner chicks use it too.

Solution 5:

According to a 1901 article quoted in this answer to the question, Etymology of “dude” and progression in language, the original feminine version of dude was dud. (Just adding this as a historical curiosity, not a present-day suggestion.)