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by easychewie 3519 days ago
Even though many people see "guys" as a harmless, genderless word, not everybody does. You can think of the opposite word to guys (for example: gals or girls) and wonder if a group of men would feel comfortable being referred to as girls. When someone refers to you using a word that you don’t identify with, it's easy to feel excluded from conversation or misidentified.

Good grief. What a bunch of girls.

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As a southerner - the answer was in their list. The correct term is "y'all", the plural (and sometimes singular) of "you".