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- When did the word guys become popular as a gender-neutral word?
It's normal nowadays to walk into a room (men and women, boys and girls etc) and go, "Hey guys!" Has this always been the case, or what?
- apostrophe - Guys, guy’s, or guys’ (guys’) - English Language . . .
Which way is guys written in this sentence: "What are your guys favorite cars"? Should the word guys be written as guys, guy's, or guys' in this sentence?
- word choice - What is a feminine version of guys? - English Language . . .
I commonly use the word 'guys' to refer to a group of males colloquially It's colloquial but not rude, off putting, condescending, patronizing (though I wouldn't use it with a group of men at a bo
- Is guy gender-neutral? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The word guy is singularity male and the word guys can only be assigned gender neutrality if it wasn't used to describe men specifically, and which 99 percent of articles that refer to men uses the word guys
- orthography - What is the possessive of you guys? - English Language . . .
Since you guys is colloquial, if you’re writing down the possessive of the word, you should use a spelling that reflects its pronunciation If you’re wondering what to use in conversation, the answer is whatever you’ve been using all along
- Guys losing its gendered meaning in American English
6 I agree that "you guys" is non-gendered in modern English And possibly also "hey guys," to a much lesser extent But I still think the word "guy" is gendered in pretty much every other context For example I wouldn't say the following to refer to a group with any women in it, and I'm surprised other respondents here would: "those guys" "I
- “You Guys” or “You, Guys” [closed] - English Language Usage . . .
In Where are you guys?, "you" is a personal determinative It combines with "guys" to form the subject you guys It's the determinative counterpart of the 2nd person plural pronoun "you", and denotes a set that includes the addressee, but not the speaker
- Origin of wise guy to mean a member of the Mafia (US)
Grammarist claims without giving any sources: The term wise guy to mean a smart aleck came into use in the later 1800s in North America The expression wise guy to mean a member of the Mafia came
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