If you’re talking to group of people of mixed genders, it’s fine to address them as “You guys.” After all, English lacks a distinctive second-person plural. Still, if the usage offends someone, it’s best to address them...
Paul from Milwaukee heard college women calling each other dude and wondered when that started. When young women use it with each other, it’s mainly in the vocative sense, a way to get attention at the start of a sentence, as in dude...
The term less-than, often written in quotation marks, is an increasingly common way to denote status inequality, especially when it comes to gender. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “”Less-Than”” Hello, you...
A listener in San Antonio is trying to decide how to address a mixed-gender graduating class from her nonprofit’s fellowship program. Alumnae is the plural for an all-female group of former students, while alumni works for an all-male group or a co...
There’s a word where the first two letters signify a male, the first three signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word means a great woman. Do you know it? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “The...
An adult male cat is called a tom. What’s the female called? A queen. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Toms and Queens” More adult animal words grant an adult male cat is called a tom, right? A tom cat and an...