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guys != gender neutral
- Subject: guys != gender neutral
- From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu)
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:34:20 -0400
- In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:43:21 -0400." <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:43:21 -0400, Miles Fidelman said:
> Given that this thread started out as a query re. a "really nasty
> attack," and resulted in:
> 5 on-topic responses (2 of which also commented on "guys")
> >20 responses re. "guys" (I stopped counting)
> It occurs to me that maybe "morons" or "idiots" might be an appropriate
> gender-neutral framing.
I usually use 'critters' for that. salescritters, congresscritters, trollcritters.
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