• WillStealYourUsernameOPM
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    18 hours ago

    folks, friend(s), y’all, sweetie, partner, sport, buddy, pal, chum, sunshine, fam

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        16 hours ago

        Speaking only from my own experience, I’ve never associated “pal” with masculinity. “Gal” is, to my knowledge, the feminine form of “guy”

        • KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.de
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          Looking at wiktionary, apparently the two words have completely separate etymologies - but “pal” is borrowed from “brother” in one language, while “gal” is borrowed from “girl” in a different language (which itself derived it from English, I think?)

          Language can be funky