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by 0x008 2073 days ago
While dictionaries are guidelines as to what is accepted use of a language, these accepted uses and dictionaries are no laws. A dictionary is only a snapshot of the rules which society agreed upon in the past and thus will certainly be changed in future.
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So we're deciding right now that "guys" is a group of men? Why are we deciding to have the least inclusive possible meaning?
Because I don't know about you, the word guy sounds masculine to me.