Guys for Girls Redux
Kathleen E. Miller
millerk at NYTIMES.COM
Tue May 13 14:10:42 UTC 2003
Hello All,
A few months ago we had a discussion about calling a group of girls, "guys."
The other day, on our way through a rather seedy part of town (RFK's not in
the greatest location) a woman came up to the car and asked for money,
saying she was hungry and pregnant. (She was, obviously so). She then
noticed a male friend [mid-30's Maryland native] smoking, and changed from
asking for money, to asking for a cigarette.
My friend replied, "DUDE, you're pregnant!"
I made a [admittedly cursory] search of the archives and didn't notice this
being discussed. And I don't know whether if I've behind the times and the
entire world knows that it's morphed into non-gender specific use, or my
friend's the only one to use it that way, but I had never heard it in such
a context before.
Kathleen E. Miller
Research Assistant to William Safire
The New York Times
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