informal term for girls or women
informal plural of 'gal', variant of 'girl'
Gals - because sometimes 'ladies' is too fancy and 'girls' too young!
Informal, originally gender-neutral plural slang (19th c.), but became distinctly feminized and often diminutive in tone, reducing women to colloquial familiarity vs. formal respect.
Use 'women,' 'people,' or specific identities. 'Gals' is acceptable only in deliberately casual/solidarity contexts where women themselves use it; avoid in formal/professional settings.
["women","people","folks","team"]
Women's colloquial language was often infantilized; reclaiming 'gals' in solidarity is different from imposed diminishment.
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