# The Taxonomy of Manliness - an Observation **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173 "2010-05-12T15:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/21 "2010-05-13T04:01:13Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > There’s dude-ishness, dudeliciousness; there’s dude, duder and dudest. There’s ‘more dudely’. And my favorite, “the quantum of dude”. I’ve also heard dudeliness. I’ve also heard dudely used. “Man, did you see that? He was totally dudely.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/22 "2010-05-13T14:54:00Z")
From what I’ve gathered, a \*\*Ron \*\*is a specific variant of **Douchebag**. From my perspective, the best way to quantify the state of being a dude is by the way you extend Dude. - Dude - Duude - Duuuuuuude From there, you can append suffixes or words like “totally,” “exactly,” and “that’s what I’m sayin’” We should pause for a moment and regard the concept of **douchiness**. It feels like it emerged over the past decade or so, like that extra taste they came up with in Japan - \*umame \*- to join sour, sweet, bitter and salty. It can range from “don’t be a douche” to being a complete Douchebag, but it has that quality of trying to be something you’re clearly not, in an arrogant sort of way. It’s a great word. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/23 "2010-05-13T14:57:51Z")
This needs a Venn diagram. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/24 "2010-05-13T18:41:14Z")
I’ve never been clear on the meaning of “stand-up guy”. Is it someone who can take care of himself in a stand-up fistfight, or is it just someone you can rely on? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/25 "2010-05-13T18:43:14Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > I’ve never been clear on the meaning of “stand-up guy”. Is it someone who can take care of himself in a stand-up fistfight, or is it just someone you can rely on? Well, above, I describe a Stand Up Guy as basically a guy who’s got your back, so I would go with the latter. Handling yourself in a fistfight is part of the Badass branch of this hierarchy…or Venn diagram…or whatever one could use to map all this out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/26 "2010-05-13T18:54:13Z")
Yeah, a Dude isn’t that reliable. He may intend to be, but you know, man, shit happens, people forget, the dealer gets a new shipment… ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/27 "2010-05-13T21:40:47Z")
Dude, he flaked. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/28 "2010-05-13T23:59:22Z")
But he didn’t bail. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/29 "2011-06-06T19:45:30Z")
I feel like drinking a bottle of scotch and punching a gorilla in the face. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173/30 "2011-06-06T19:47:25Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I feel like drinking a bottle of scotch and punching a gorilla in the face. Hmm. Not something a Stand-Up Guy would likely do. Just sayin’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-taxonomy-of-manliness-an-observation/539173.md?page=1)