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25280947 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @b541bfe5 @c5dffaf5 I was just thinking recently we need to go much further, but I realized that there's somewhat of a shortage of terms which are conventionally female, and when they are, they feel much more personal and close: "babe", "sis", "girl"
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fb22dbc1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @5c2ba53d @b541bfe5 @c5dffaf5 babe seems to have crawled somewhat into a gender neutral term from personal experience.
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Goober O'Beale | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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@5c2ba53d @b541bfe5 @c5dffaf5 

TBF, "babe" was originally gender neutral. It means "infant human", after all.

The expression "out of the mouth of babes" refers to children, not sexy ladies.
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Carolyn | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @c09eb2e8 @5c2ba53d @b541bfe5 @c5dffaf5 It's still used more intimately, though, except when it's a man being inappropriate.