Quote Originally Posted by Kosmos992k View Post
Tell you what, start calling the guys you bump into on the street 'boy' and see how long you retain the opinion that it's perfectly OK. Also, I said it was marginally dismissive, not insulting, interesting you would choose that angle though.
Not to defend Nektulos, but I am curious what catch-all you WOULD use for females. For males it's guy, as you use yourself in this post, but what would you use for females? Girl? Woman? Lady? Madam?

I am not a native English speaker so I may be missing a word, but at least to me the catch-alls would by guys and girls. "I was speaking to a guy" vs. "I was speaking to a girl" is the exact same line and meaning just with different genders to me.