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When girls are "guys": Can "guys," plural, be dolls?

Grant Barrett

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2008/06/15 - 5:28am

When girls are "guys". Jan Freeman writes in the Boston Globe about using "guys" to refer to gals.

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2008/06/15 - 4:32pm

Men are rarely dolls when in groups of two or more, but sometimes when you get one guy alone he'll do something sweet enough to earn that moniker 😀

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2008/06/16 - 9:24am

While eating in a restaurant recently, I happened to catch sight of a notice in the kitchen, warning the wait staff not to address customers as "you guys." ("Folks" was the acceptable alternative.)

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