[extropy-chat] FWD [UASR] Jonathan's Space Report, No. 548

[Neil Halelamien]

On 6/17/05, Adrian Tymes <wingcat at pacbell.net> wrote:
> --- spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > ps Why is it that the male counterpart to the catchphrase
> > "you go, girl" doesn't sound right?
> 
> I would chalk this up entirely to unfamiliarity.  You've heard "you
> go, girl" a lot, so you're used to it.  Alternate formulations trip the
> newness detector - which, in almost all humans, is inversely (though
> usually only to a minor extent) linked to comfort level.

I concluded some time last week that the  corresponding word for
"girl" in casual conversation is actually "dude," rather than "boy."
As in, "You go, dude!"

-- Neil