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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?
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Are the allies always good guys? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Are allies always good guys? In theory, no In practice, probably yes Most of the major wars (World War I, World II and others), involved LARGE groups of "allies" against a few countries that were also "allied " But the latter were widely perceived as the aggressors against the rest of the world, so few people outside these countries had much sympathy for them In practice, the large groups
- Term for group of guys attempting to show who is alpha?
The guys were busy trying to outdo each other It is challenging to work with men who are trying to outdo you Verb be more successful than "the men tried to outdo each other in their generosity" synonyms: surpass, outshine, overshadow, eclipse, outclass, outmaneuver, get the better of, put in the shade, upstage; More
- Origin of wise guy to mean a member of the Mafia (US)
I 've talked to twenty wise guys that 've been ridin' and every one of 'em sings a different song Every guy cracks up his own wheel, and says all the others is made out o' sheet iron and bum castin's
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