single word requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange A bird is an attractive younger woman, a top bird is someone very attractive indeed The difference with bloke is that it denotes nothing except maleness, although it would not usually be applied to someone upper or middle class It is not the same as ‘guy’ which in an American context is classless and often sexless
What do you call the male equivalent to Cougar (woman)? What is the male equivalent to the term "cougar"? Clarifying The term "cougar" describes an older woman seeking younger men So a male equivalent would be an older man seek
word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange OK another one similar to "What is a feminine version of 'guys'?" "Dude" is masculine; what is the feminine version? The usage I'm thinking of is that "dude" nowadays is used primarily as a
north american english - The word lad in the south of the U. S . . . In Britain 'lad' is more often heard north of the great Severn-Wash linguistic divide 'Boy', 'fellow', 'chap' or 'bloke' are more the way of the south of England, but everyone understands and uses 'lad', even some Cockneys
What is a feminine version of guys? From all the answers, it's clear that using a masculine term (eg "guys") is considered sexist (see Leopd's comment), and using a feminine term (eg "gals") is also considered sexist (see The Raven's answer) The only way to be safe, then, is to use a gender-neutral term, eg "people" Of course, if you use "guys" for males and "people" for females, you're just reintroducing a distinction: you
phrase requests - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I was "Wikipedia surfing" (going through Wikipedia pages and clicking on links found within the wiki), and I came upon the page of a man who had a lot of female friends, and there was a word that described that attribute succinctly I do not remember any details about the bloke