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Old 10-01-2020, 11:55 AM   #166
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Old 10-02-2020, 04:38 AM   #167
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You Guys was acceptable where and when i grew up, so I don't mind. "You People" is rude, in my opinion. I don't like to call my female friends "girls." When I was a child, my next-door's great grandmother said "youse."
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Old 10-05-2020, 10:58 AM   #168
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"You guys" doesn't bother me as a woman if it's an informal conversation among friends. I think "guys" has become synonymous with "people" and depending on the context, isn't always gender-specific these days.
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Ask a heterosexual man who insists 'guys' is non-gender-specific how many guys he's slept with.

See also 'dudes'.
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Old 10-05-2020, 06:00 PM   #169
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Ask a heterosexual man who insists 'guys' is non-gender-specific how many guys he's slept with.

See also 'dudes'.


Hey guys we've still got 'bloke' - well in some places at least, and the girls down here have 'sheila' all to themselves, but they don't like of course

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Old 11-28-2020, 06:48 PM   #170
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Old 11-30-2020, 02:58 AM   #171
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ASK used as a noun, instead of “request”

“That's a very big ask

What is it these days with making verbs into nouns?
I still grind my teeth over “invite”
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Old 11-30-2020, 09:47 AM   #172
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ASK used as a noun, instead of “request”

“That's a very big ask

What is it these days with making verbs into nouns?
I still grind my teeth over “invite”
I hate those too. I think some of them (like "invite") get started as verbal abbreviations and gradually become accepted as standard usage.
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Old 12-05-2020, 11:46 AM   #173
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"Bomb Cyclone"
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Old 12-05-2020, 12:48 PM   #174
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"Bomb Cyclone"
Are you talking about bombogenesis?
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Old 12-05-2020, 01:42 PM   #175
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I prefer 'explosive cyclogenesis'

A much cooler phrase. And one that better describes what is actually going on. A storm does not 'become' a bomb cyclone (as in "Look over there! Is that a bomb cyclone?). But a storm might feature explosive cyclogenesis. It's a meteorological condition, not a storm type.

Every headline I'm seeing is saying that the first nor'easter of the season might turn into 'bomb cyclone' (usually complete with the quotation marks).

No. The first nor'easter of the season might feature (or produce) explosive cyclogenesis.

'Nuff said. The sensationalism of weather reporting (including one particular channel's unilateral decision to start naming winter storms) is just a pet-peeve of mine.
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Old 12-05-2020, 03:22 PM   #176
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I prefer 'explosive cyclogenesis'

A much cooler phrase. And one that better describes what is actually going on. A storm does not 'become' a bomb cyclone (as in "Look over there! Is that a bomb cyclone?). But a storm might feature explosive cyclogenesis. It's a meteorological condition, not a storm type.

Every headline I'm seeing is saying that the first nor'easter of the season might turn into 'bomb cyclone' (usually complete with the quotation marks).

No. The first nor'easter of the season might feature (or produce) explosive cyclogenesis.

'Nuff said. The sensationalism of weather reporting (including one particular channel's unilateral decision to start naming winter storms) is just a pet-peeve of mine.
I hear you. I'm getting impatient with the need to name every full moon. Now they're doing new moons, too.
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Old 12-05-2020, 03:52 PM   #177
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"Without further ado."

And even worse:

"Without further ado, let's get started. "

Or perhaps I have overdosed on YouTube?
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Old 12-06-2020, 09:49 PM   #178
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