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Re: guys != gender neutral


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:34:20 -0400

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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