Guy
Guy noun - A member of the human race.
Usage example: what would you guys like to order?
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Synonyms for Guy
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How words are described
| old | old guy | old sort |
| best | best guy | best sort |
| normal | normal guy | normal sort |
| typical | typical guy | typical sort |
| Other adjectives: right, regular, friendly, actual, real, wrong, bad, quiet, decent, cute, funny, weird, different, creepy. | ||
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Tolkien wasn't aware of the reason, he just remembered it as a term from his childhood and then assigned as the character Sam's surname, sort of like "Sam Cottonwool" (he's this good natured guy who helps out people who are in trouble, sort of like medical dressings do).
Source: Useful Notes / The Midlands -
In an interview he said it was "sort of poetic justice, where a guy rapes a girl, ends up in jail, and gets raped there." Our Angels Are Different: The image on the album cover is a woman with wings, thus resembling an angel.
Source: Music / In Utero - He takes it up to eleven, by not fighting against the bad guy at all - instead, he gives him leave to invade his castle, evacuates his own people, and then makes the castle collapse by killing his friend an ally, Oreg, who is also sort of a Genius Loci of the castle.
Source: To Win Without Fighting
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