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September 7, 2021 11:41 am GMT

On the origin of "you guys"

"Guy" wasn't a word until the early 1600s when Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up the English Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot. The name became an insult, and addressing a group as "you guys" would have been met with hostility. — Read the rest


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