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Is the phrase "you guys" gender specific or gender neutral?

Poll - Total Votes: 62

Gender neutral -- can apply to a group of men or women or mixed

Gender specific -- applies to men only

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I group up in New England (the northeastern most region of America) and there the phrase is used in a gender neutral fashion.

One of my friends down here just said, "I'm not a guy," when I used the phrase this way.

How about where you're from? Neutral or specific?

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Sroonaka616 · 31-35, M

I use the word guys a lot even if they are girls in the group.

Yulianna · 26-30, F

@Sroonaka616 what word do the girls use?

Sroonaka616 · 31-35, M

[@also guys.

Yulianna · 26-30, F

@Sroonaka616 ok

sarabee1995 · 26-30, FVIP

@Sroonaka616 Same.

Yulianna · 26-30, F

@Sroonaka616 @sarabee1995 and what would happen if the girls all started calling the guys gals?

sarabee1995 · 26-30, FVIP

@Yulianna They (the guys) would likely perceive it as an insult or as demeaning.

Yulianna · 26-30, F

@sarabee1995 well, well, well... who'd have guessed that 🤔