"Chosen" (Buffy Finale) **SPOILERS**
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By the way
guy
n. 1. A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.
2. guys: Persons of either sex
3. a rope or cable that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
4. A person of odd or grotesque appearance or dress.
5. A person of queer looks or dress
And yes there is also 6. term for a youth or man
(Guy Fawkes was the 'guy' who tried to blow up the British parliament with gunpowder; thus the Gunpowder Plot.)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Says:
guy (1)
n. A rope, cord, or cable used to steady, guide, or secure something.
tr.v. guyed, guy·ing, guys
To steady, guide, or secure with a rope, cord, or cable.
guy2
n. 1 Informal. A man; a fellow.
2 guys Informal. Persons of either sex.
3 Chiefly British. A person of odd or grotesque appearance or dress.
4 often Guy An effigy of Guy Fawkes paraded through the streets of English towns and burned on Guy Fawkes Day.
tr.v. guyed, guy·ing, guys
To hold up to ridicule; mock.
(this one must make you happy, what with the male one being number 1 of number 2)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. does not make reference of any gender in it's list of definitions.
I hope that three is enough sources for you to believe me about the word "guy."
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