"So this guy is sitting on a couch? And his friend comes in and sits down right next to him. And he's all, 'Dude!' And the rest of the commercial revolves around him saying every iteration of the word dude. 'Dude.' 'Duuude.' 'DUDE!'"
At which point, my four-year-old son playing in the next room responded, "What Mom?"
So yes, I really do use that word.
A lot.
Maybe too much.
Oh, and by the way? Our deck now looks like this:

It just won't stop snowing here in the Upper Midwest. I think we might actually have a white Christmas this year.
To which I can only say, "Dude!"