guy = 'thing'

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 1, 2014, at 12:31 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> At 2/1/2014 10:15 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> This is mentioned in some of the discussions of sex-neutral "guy" as
>> well, possibly in that Clancy paper in American Speech ("The ascent
>> of 'guy'").
>
> Was that article on or about November 5th?
>
Hah.  As in the Fawkes guarding the hen house.

L

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