Guy vs Girl - What's the difference?
guy | girl |
(obsolete and rare) A guide; a leader or conductor.
(primarily nautical) A support rope or cable used to guide, steady or secure something which is being hoisted or lowered. Also a support to secure or steady something prone to shift its position or be carried away, e.g. the mast of a ship or a suspension-bridge.
(British) An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).
(archaic) A person of eccentric appearance or dress.
* W. S. Gilbert
(colloquial) A male
(colloquial, in the plural) people
(colloquial, of animals and sometimes objects) thing, creature
(colloquial, technology) thing, unit
(informal, term of address) Buster, Mack, fella
To exhibit an effigy of Guy Fawkes around the 5th November.
To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
* 2003 , Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason , Penguin 2004, p. 278:
* 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 187:
A young female human; (in contrast to boy ), a female child or young adult.
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A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
(uncommon) A queen (the playing card.)* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)
(colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
A girlfriend.
A daughter.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
(US, slang) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
* 1969 , Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life , Cash Money Content (2011), ISBN 9781451617139,
* 1977 , Odie Hawkins, Chicago Hustle , Holloway House (1987), ISBN 0870673661,
* 2005 , K'wan, Hoodlum , St. Martin's Press (2005), ISBN 0312333080,
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As nouns the difference between guy and girl
is that guy is (obsolete and rare) a guide; a leader or conductor or guy can be (british) an effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the gunpowder plot (5th november) while girl is a young female human; (in contrast to boy ), a female child or young adult.As a verb guy
is to equip with a support cable or guy can be to exhibit an effigy of guy fawkes around the 5th november.guy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) guie.Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* guy rope * guy wireEtymology 2
Named from (1570-1606), an English Catholic hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot.Noun
(en noun)- The lady who dresses like a guy .
- (Charles Dickens)
- A new guy started at the office today.
- Jane considers that guy to be very good looking.
- I wonder what those guys are doing with that cat?
- The dog's left foreleg was broken, poor little guy .
- This guy''', here, controls the current, and this '''guy , here, measures the voltage.
- Hey, guy , give a man a break, would ya?
Usage notes
* In plural, guys'' is not completely gender-neutral but it may refer to people of either sex in some circumstances and forms; the greeting "''Hey guys'''''" can generally refer to people of either gender. This usage is not always seen as accurate or correct. Referring to a group as "''guys''" usually means a group of men or a mixed-gender group, since describing a group of women as ''guys'', as in "''the could accurately be described as "''a bunch of '''guys'''''" in slang. The usage of the plural ''guys'' in the phrase "''some '''guys chased them away " would generally be assumed to mean men rather than women. * When used of animals, guy usually refers to either a male or one whose gender is not known; it is rarely if ever used of an animal that is known to be female. * In some varieties of US and Canadian English, you guys '' revives the distinction between a singular and plural ''you'', much like ''y'all in other varieties.Synonyms
* (US) (man) dude, fella, homey, bro * (British) (man) bloke, geezer, cove, fellow, chap * See alsoAntonyms
* (male) (l) * (male) (l)Derived terms
* bad guy * good guy * nice guy * nice guys finish last * you guysVerb
(en verb)- Swift and other satirists mercilessly guyed the unlettered self-importance of the peddlars of such soul-food, exposing their humility and self-laceration as an egregious and obnoxious form of self-advertisement (s'excuser, c'est s'accuser ).
- Terry Kilmartin [...], applauded for every ‘um’ and ‘ah’, knew that he was being guyed and had the charm to make it funny.
See also
* gal English terms of addressgirl
English
Noun
(en noun)Mark Tran
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- She had taught me to snort girl , and almost always when I came to her pad, there would be thin sparkling rows of crystal cocaine on the glass top of the cocktail table.
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- Elijah nodded congenially to the early evening regulars in the Afro Lounge, headed straight for the telephone hung midway between the mens and womens, his nose smarting from a couple thick lines of recently snorted girl .
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- After about an hour or two of half-ass sex and snorting girl , Honey was zoned out. She flexed her still numb fingers, trying to find a warmth that didn't seem to come. Cocaine always made her numb.