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What Do You Guys Mean?

Sophia Al-Mansoor • • 6 min read
What Do You Guys Mean?
Usage notes. The term guy is generally restricted to males, as in Was that a guy or a girl?, but the form you guys may be used for groups of any combination of genders whether it is all male, all female or any combination.

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Moreover, what can I say instead of guys?

Here are 40 gender-neutral alternatives to "you guys," and there are many more.

  • You.
  • Y'all.
  • Yinz.
  • Everybody.
  • Friends.
  • People.
  • Peops.
  • Folks.

Furthermore, what type of word is Guy? guy. A guy is a dude, a boy, a man, or really anybody. It's an informal way to refer to a person, especially a male. But a group of people can be guys, even if they're all female.

Beside above, where did the term guys come from?

The term actually comes from Guy Fawkes, a 17th-century participant in the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot (and the inspiration behind those creepy, mustachioed, "V for Vendetta" masks that Anonymous wears).

Is your guys correct grammar?

You guys' is correct written, pronounced you guys's. (Dropping the s on the written version because guys is a plural, not because I think it should always be dropped if the word ends in an s.) You rather than your because you guys is a unit and the possessive case doesn't need to be commuted across each element of it.

Related Question Answers

Can you say guy to a girl?

"The word 'guys' can be used to mean both men and women — but not for everybody." For women in male-dominated industries particularly, "guys" can reinforce their sense of being in the minority.

What can I use instead of yall?

In the South, the plural of "you" is "you all" or "y'all". In parts of New York, the plural of "you" is "yous". In the rest of the United States, the plural of "you" is "you". I said to Bob, "You should do this."
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Sophia analyzes international trade, startup ecosystems, retail transformation, and supply chain logistics for modern digital publications.