Meanings
plural Durdens
- A surname.
Edward Norton's character is the conformist, emasculated, consumerist beta male while his alter ego of sorts, Durden, is the countercultural alpha because he is free from needing or being controlled by women.
2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 7, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN1 more example
We tend to think of the seafloor a few kilometres down as a flat plain. In fact, about two-thirds of this “abyssal” seabed is made up of gentle rolling hills a few hundred metres high, says Jennifer Durden at the University of Southampton, UK.
2015 August 8, Bob Holmes, “Ocean hills yield secret ecosystems”, in New Scientist, number 3033, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 14
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Durden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Durden
“Durden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Durden. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Durden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Durden.
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