people I call "dude."

• male friends: dude
• female friends: dude
• cis friends: dude
• queer friends: dude
• trans* friends: dude
• my parents: dude
• my boss: dude
• the president: mr. dude
• the queen: your dudeness
• the pope: holy dude
• the dude: el duderino (because I'm not into the whole 'brevity' thing)