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[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Merriam-Webster would like to disagree with your assertion that it is not "non-gendered"

Thanks to @Mobilityfuture@lemmy.world for the link in https://lemmy.ml/comment/7077751 (I don't know if I could make that link in a better way)

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I agree that "guys" is not a gendered term but I don't like your argument.

Definitions of words can be very different to how people use them, and we shouldn't constrain the use of words to their definitions.

[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I disagree that we shouldn't constrain the use of words to their definitions. It's what helps make the meaning of sentences the most clear for everyone. If people had actually done that then the definition of "literally" wouldn't include "figuratively" and a lot of misunderstandings could be avoided.

Otherwise we could end up with people saying that when they wrote "all white people deserve to die" what they actually meant was that they deserve to live, since that's how they use the word "die". It's nonsensical to me.