Why “girls” is being discussed
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Thanks for that link, which confirms xdennis's post above is correct. A few lines from that article, emphasis mine: > blue’s connection with boys and pink’s with girls wasn’t so…
by abanana · Nov 3, 2026
Then what would you say to big boys and girls (i.e., the moneybags) getting into bed together and decide that the best for all the big boys and girls is to ensure that the publi…
by justauserid · Nov 3, 2026
It has been my experience as a long-time worker with youth groups that the recent trend for gen-alpha girls names is to bring back Victorian-era names (Blanche, Pearl, Gertrude,…
by bregma · Nov 3, 2026
I was asked once how I felt about the fact that the name I chose for my daughter was primarily used (in America) by Asian immigrants. I noted that they had this impression only…
by gregates · Nov 3, 2026
Anime girls are practically universality accepted in Chinese programmer circles. Look at the members of the Deepseek Harness team in their repo lol
by idoit738 · Nov 3, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "girls" over time.
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Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "girls" over time.
A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. While the term girl has other meanings, including young woman, daughter, or girlfriend regardless of age, the first meaning is the most common one. Read more on Wikipedia