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What does ‘be one’s “buddy”’ mean aside be one’s “friend”? What does ‘be one’s “buddy”’ mean aside be one’s “friend”? I was drawn to the phrase, “My short game’s always been my buddy” appearing in the following quote of Tiger Woods in the Time magazine’s (
word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange "Buddy" is a good option because it, hopefully, literally describes a way you see your son In that sense, it does not replace the boy's name the way "champ" does when it is used as a general non-descript moniker--when your son has not just become a champion You could easily use "buddy" and the boy's name in the same breath Hi, Tim
Is the word chum to mean friend a common word? To take your questions in order, starting from the title question: It's not very common In text, since 1960, 'Pal', 'buddy', and 'chum' all stay relatively very low until 1990, but then 'buddy' rises fast to about 7 times as frequent by 2010 and 'pal' to 3 times as frequent If you modify the parameters in NGrams, you'll see that limiting to the British or American corpus doesn't change the
What is a feminine version of guys? From all the answers, it's clear that using a masculine term (eg "guys") is considered sexist (see Leopd's comment), and using a feminine term (eg "gals") is also considered sexist (see The Raven's answer) The only way to be safe, then, is to use a gender-neutral term, eg "people" Of course, if you use "guys" for males and "people" for females, you're just reintroducing a distinction: you
What is the origin and meaning of the term Butt Buddies? I think bum buddy is the "original" version I also think it's primarily a British usage, even though buddy is essentially American The superficially more consistent butt buddies is gaining traction, but they're all offensive, so "correct" doesn't apply