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[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 98 points 10 months ago (16 children)

Not just guys, let me tell you

[–] Mobilityfuture@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (11 children)

Guys is technically a non-gendered term - FWIW

[–] hughesdikus@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not technically. Practically. In real world. As slang.

Cause technically and by definition, It's still very much gendered.

[–] Mobilityfuture@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

No, sorry. Please check the facts before correcting someone.

In its plural form “guys” is technically non-gendered:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guy

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