You can do so many things with dude (links below), great (here), and wow (here and here). And awesome, as in this Bizarro strip: It all depends on context (with maybe some help from prosody). Dude on Language Log: ML, 12/8/04: Dude (link) ML, 12/8/04: Dude cartoon decoded (link) EB, 12/9/04: Dude, no way (link) ML, 12/10/04: … Continue reading Awesomeness