To me, "guy" is a very contextual word.
A guy is a man. Guys are just men generally. The guys though can be anyone.
I always use "guys". But I don't call a man a "guy" and I don't refer to men as "guys".
It's weird now that I've had to think about it.
Edit: That being said, after a quick Google it looks like "guy" is fairly quickly becoming a neutral word. Which I'm very happy about!
Given the word "guy"'s strong male association though for such a long time, I'm not sure it's the best candidate as a neutral term.
Yes, it sounds nitpicky, but things will never change if we never talk about it, so glad I got you thinking about it at least!
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To me, "guy" is a very contextual word.
A guy is a man.
Guys are just men generally.
The guys though can be anyone.
I always use "guys". But I don't call a man a "guy" and I don't refer to men as "guys".
It's weird now that I've had to think about it.
Edit: That being said, after a quick Google it looks like "guy" is fairly quickly becoming a neutral word. Which I'm very happy about!
Given the word "guy"'s strong male association though for such a long time, I'm not sure it's the best candidate as a neutral term.
Yes, it sounds nitpicky, but things will never change if we never talk about it, so glad I got you thinking about it at least!