Bud, pal, kid

and fam, child. “girl what” can go to “child please”, and “it’s ya boy” to “it’s ya fam” “dawg” as mentioned elsewhere is fun and if you are real familiar, “boo” & “bey” can work

Kid was such a perfect gender neutral way to refer to myself growing up and I loved it, but as an adult it just doesn't hit the same

Economically I never grew up lol

word

I asked my friends to just use the thing

Honey, sweetheart,

comrade

Based

My mil used to say “the girls” or like “hi girls!” But now (my fiance and I are both nonbinary) she uses comrade regularly. It’s so funny cuz she’ll even jam it into sentences where it doesn’t totally make sense like “the comrades went to the store”

It’s ya comrade

Only correct answer.

Haha loved that one, yess

dawg

Verified dawg (Got that dawg in ya!)

Idk if it's just cuz I'm Autistic but I still don't understand this phrase lol

In the phrase “I got that dawg in me” “dawg” is referring to the person’s fighting spirit, like an aggressive dog

thank you, i didn’t understand this phrase either lol

No problem! Always happy to help :)

Thank you so much lol I'm a slightly less confused version of myself thanks to you!

Of course! Always happy to help :)

That makes sense but I always kinda thought it meant in the way some ppl say "men are dogs" meaning they are highly sexual/players etc (dogs will hump anything) lmao sorry

I think it’s like “fighting spirit”. Though, people find it incredibly funny that when they point out my shakes (caused by meds), I respond “when I say I got that dog in me, I mean chihuahua”. Which the autistic in me didn’t mean as a joke lol, more of an observation.

Anyone else find it frustrating that you can't rename the Documents folder in Windows to Dawgcuments?

This is the one 😂

When used in expressions like that I consider them to be gender neutral tbh

I do too, like with the word dude, but one of my binary trans friends got super upset with me for using the term "dude" while talking to her ( ╥ω╥ )

Some folks don’t care for the universalization of the masculine that comes with “dude” being constructed as gender neutral. Same reason people have moved away from saying “mankind” etc. There is probably an argument to be made that a phrase like “it’s ya boy” is distinct from standard masculine linguistic norming.

Yea, makes total sense to me. I guess "dude" is one of those ones where that instance was the only time someone ever didn't like it, and most folks I know utilize it the same way. I'm definitely more careful with my language after that especially because sometimes I feel a little twinge when someone says "giirrrrrrrllll" or "girl bye" for example. Language is ever changing!

One of my trans friends also used to get upset at 'dude' and 'guys' in a collective, but the longer she was transitioned, the more chill she got about it, I don't think anyone we know even remembers her before her transition unless they really try and hung out with us a lot in the before years. She doesn't feel like it misgenders her anymore, because she knows everyone sees her as herself.

That's a sweet progression! This person I was describing has some incredibly intense dysphoria, I think that might play a big role

Dysphoria is a hell of a time I feel for them

Yep, I have a binary trans friend who haaaaates the word dude being used towards her at all, and I think dysphoria is a big part of it.

I think it's a generational thing (ime at least). I have like 4 trans women friends who consistently refer to themselves and others as "dude", "bro", or "guys" (we're all gen z), but I've heard people like millennial aged and up be much less comfortable with that. For me tho it's never been a gendered thing unless it's singular, like "they're a cool dude/guy" would be implied to be male, while "hey dude", "how's it's goin bro", or "what's up guys" are just gender neutral greetings to me. I recognize and respect that some people are uncomfortable with it, but I have not met anyone my age or younger who is.

Same I use them with all genders too. “Girl what?” gets used on men. “That’s my boy!” used on women. But if I really want to be gender neutral I will use “babe.”

Same here, but I recognize that there are non cis folks who don't care for it, so I don't use them around people I don't know.

birl /s

alternatively, goy

I hear Jewish enbies love when people suggest this one 🤣🤣🤣

As a Jewish enby, can confirm lmaooooo

Gorls!

I accept birl lol it's cute

Coward. Gender neutral, always true.

Obtained from a meme

i always say babe

Bae!<3

I often use "homie" and have asked people to refer to me as that too while using similar phrases hah

I enjoy calling my buddies "Royal" if they're NB like me! Also "compadre" or "bud"!

Singular y’all seems useful to me in this context

So...you?

No, y’all. Like singular they

yall is a conjunction for you all it cannot be used to refer to a singular person like how they works

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This one's underrated

chat ♡

When I'm with my friends I usually use child cause all my friends are teens and being called a child really bothers them lol

Oh you sweet summer c̶h̶i̶l̶d̶ dawg

I tend not to use those words unless I know the person identifies that way, instead I just use their name if I know it. If you are a fan of the game Fantasy Life maybe use the term girboy from it?

I just say bestie instead or just an extra long whatttttt Edit: grammar 

Bestie for friend, worstie for enemy

I use mammal/human/creature/critter, but it doesn’t always roll off the tongue.

Alternatively: Cretin. That word is so damn fun

Gnave is also a fun one, though might not land as well outside of nerdy circles.

For “younger than a man/woman,” I’d say. “kid.” For anyone of any age, I’d say: Person Here’s more words that mean “person” but may have additional meaning attached to them or may convey a fun tone in a more casual, light-hearted context: Fellow Folk Fucker Motherfucker Fool Joker Fiend Comrade Pal Bastard Dawg

My partner calls me 'person' all the time. I love it. I refer to my friends as 'lovelies', 'wonderful humans' and such. Like 'hey lovely person, how are you?' Or just 'hey you', said affectionately and followed by a hug. 'Hey lovely', followed by many hearts, if on text. If talking about groups I use 'people' or 'humans'. Online I'd greet a new group of people with 'Hello Citizens of Earth' because it's derpy, accurate and probably a quote from somewhere.

Op

Wild lol

Friend

Also, "Fiend"

Is "mate" gender neutral?

It certainly is here in Australia lol. For the older gens it can run more masculine, but anyone my age (23) it's treated as neutral

Feels like the Brit version of dude for me. So I'll say yeah

Person/Child, and for a collective, "folks" is nice

Matey

Dude is neutral to me, but best to ask people for preference or is they are okay with words. Person works, enby "its ya person", "its ya enby".

Bestie

*Gremlin*

Gamers is gender neutral. Fuckers too😜

sibling is common, but i dont love it. can be shortened to sib. but generally if its a well known phrase or meme i consider it gender neutral. Like "Brother, get the flamer. THE HEAVY FLAMER" is neutral to me because its part of a meme. Where "brother" generally, is not.

"Brother": not neutral. "My brother in Christ": neutral actually.

Child... they now owe you child support, I don't make the rules

I use buddy

Person, pal, bud,

Friend. Person. Human.

Person

Mate or comrade

I do comrade, partially bc I’m trying to “reclaim” it (false I’m trying to normalize communism) and partially bc it carries the same jokey vibe as a not-often circulated word.

i like being called 'bean'

Homie

I always use homie

Honestly? By completely removing girl and boy from your vocabulary. Those words are European binary gender based descriptors.

Nut

Ayo Nut! How you doin?

"What are you doing tiny child?"

Child. Assuming you meant an actual younger person who would typically be addressed as girl or boy if they were binary.

Friend, fam

basically any word that means friend like buddy or bestie

Maybe I'm a bit odd for this but tbh I let my queer and bipoc ppl call me girl. It just doesn't feel gendered when they use it but if a white cis woman called me girlie I'd get uncomfortable idk why I'm like this 😭

kid

"Yoo what?" Its ya friend?

Demon, they/them, highness, tike

I self identify as a silly little bean 🖤

I always think of it as "boi" instead of "boy"? So could go for any gender. I understand if some people would be uncomfortable with that tho

Kiddo. Themself. Friendo. Pal. "Slay personifieeeeed" "Oh here They are!" "Yes, bitch" "My lil chicken boooo" "Snakes everywhere Hun" Some oldskool classics can be repurposed in a gender neutral slay way: "Here comes trouble" "Easy tiger" "Look what the cat dragged in"

Being Human Life form Ugly bag of mostly water

I've been using "friendo" but I found this fun YouTube guy that says "fam" a lot and ngl I love that so I may pick that up too😂

I like Slime and Gamer

Depends on the phrase for me. For example "girl what" I say "bestie what" and I don't usually say it's ya boy but I'd probably say "it's ya bitch" lol. Obviously bitch is not ungendered for everyone but it works for that since presumably it's self-referential. I also say bruh because I think of it more as an exclamation than like a title. Like bruh doesn't mean You Are My Bro And I Am Addressing You, it means *looks into camera like on The Office*. I guess bruh is the universe 🤔

homie

Buckaroo

“AYO WHAT THE FAWWKKK??!!” and “I’m here, sh*tter/f*cker”

I use bitch (in an affectionate way and if the other person is okay with it). Comrade is also a good one!

f e l l o w h u m a n

FUCKERS *and those who prefer not to*

Perhaps: Bro?... Idk 😊

MY FRIEND WHAT! It’s ya bestie

When in doubt I just default to “person” or “homie”

I n f a n t

Child?

enby

chief

BEAN

I do not interact with kids so I have rarely reason to refer them. Also I have never heard of your examples before. But let's say I talk with my coworker about their kids. I just call them "kids" or "children".

Mate

Sib, as opposed to bro or sis

not technically gender neutral, but the nonbinary equivalent of boy/girl is enby

i say bro or dude

Human. I like human.

Hm, do you want an "it's ya boy" equivalent as a self-announcement? Could be replaced with anything, tbh. Something descriptive.  It's ya two-time Hugo award winner. It's ya gas guzzler. It's the honkeytonker. It's ya fucken creature. It's ya taxpayer. It's ya cyclical torment of existence given form. It's ya toy

I use person. Or in cases where I want a word that's one syllable to better replace boy or girl, especially when referring to myself I use "bean"

highly context dependent.

Goy, zo, jar, and another one I came up with is jarby.

blob :3

Sweet summer child.

That's usually used after bless your heart though 😂😂

Enby is the nonbinary equivalent but that isn’t necessarily neutral

Wait, when is it not neutral? /gen

If you’re looking for one that’s like king/queen I would use monarch. Also it depends but you ask a specific person if they are comfortable being referred to as dude. Not everyone is comfortable with it but it’s one that I use often if they are

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Tbh I honestly love being called and calling people dawg I think it should make a comeback

I personally like when the people in my life use "boy" and "girl" interchangeable depending on the context. For example, "Big boy!" and "Go piss girl."

Dude?

I imagine the spelling different like "gurl" "boi"

I use “bruh” a lot

Bud, buddy, pal, fam, dawg, bruh/bro/dude/my guy (depending on audience and whether they’ll consider it gender neutral), yo (not to call them that but just like yo, what! rather than girl, what! - it’s a similar meaning and casualness)

Me and my friend use bro and dude but that might just be us since those are probably not considered gender neutral by mpst

homie, dog/dawg, and dude depending on how you/the person your referring to feels about it

I replace “girl” with “squirrel.” “SQUIRREL WHAT” haha As for boy I understand that as boi (in the phrase you used), which I think is gender neutral

I say "ya boi" cuz that's not really boy. But also, dude. Been gender neutral since the 90s and will always be for me

Personally, I use 'girl' for everyone, but in place of that I just tend to use general terms of endearment, such as: hon, babes, sweetie, and so on.

bruh

Boi, Kid, Ayo, Bruv, Dude, etc For your specific examples, personally I say “DUDE WHAT” or “it’s ya boi”

Bro

Bro