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[-] Erasmus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Mid Atlantic region just doesn’t like anyone.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

We do not. So that is accurate!

[-] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Georgians have no friends.

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Damn, no representation for "babe", "bbgrl", etc? I use those a lot.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

So, we're no longer using 'stud?'

[-] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Only for bros with benefits.

[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Speaking of brotymology, what's a gender neutral version of bro/man?

[-] sga@lemmings.world 5 points 1 week ago

they are kinda a gender neutral.

Bro is fairly commonly used as gender neutral word.

Man (as in my man) does not have an equivalent (my person does not havve the ring) - but originally, man was the gender neutral term for persons, and we user mer (as in mermaid) / were (as in werewolf) for males. that is how man was used. But that very well could also be due to bias in writing and archiving of stuff, I don not know much about this.

[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

I use "fam".

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

I'm old, but my even older inlaws refer to each other affectionately as "person."

People say "dude" is neutral, but you don't often see it used when all the dudes are women, and the existence of "dudette" also implies it's not.

"Friend" maybe but could sound sarcastic.

Come to think of it, all these terms are ripe for sarcastic use. In fact, I'd like to see the map of antibrotymology. Which of the above is used the way Wolverine uses "Bub"?

[-] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago
[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Hu-man from Earth

[-] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The top three are used in California.

I mainly stick with Dude and Buddy (Buddy being my go to for strangers "Thanks Buddy")

In my office a few years back I started ironically calling people "Homie" and that overtime morphed into a gender neutral term of endearment we all used for each other.

I really wonder where "Homie" fits into this

[-] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[-] millie@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

Massachusetts has much more dude than this.

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

My buddy in Atlanta would like a word.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Which word?

"Stud?"

"My man?"

"Cuz?"

[-] sem 2 points 1 week ago

You know that I'm crazy 'bout dem cupcakes, cousin!

[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

let's go bowling

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[-] AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

I'm super curious about that hole in Texas for "dude."

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Fella is now a warning word.

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

Michigan is all about it.

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