2022-08-06
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – G – guy
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Ref.: http://www.gotoknow.org/posts/6833956
Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Guy = ‘gahy’ (French = gee)
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary
Guy (gaɪ) n.
= a rope, cable, or appliance
used to guide and steady an object
being hoisted or lowered, or
to secure anything likely to shift its position.
Guy v.t.
= to guide, steady, or secure with a guy or guys.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Did You Know?
In England, November 5
—Guy Fawkes Day
—is celebrated by setting off fireworks and lighting bonfires.
Human likenesses made of tattered clothes
stuffed with hay or rags are burned on the bonfires.
The day is named after a 17thcentury man, Guy Fawkes,
who led a plot to blow up the British Parliament buildings.
Fawkes managed to hide 20 barrels of gunpowder
in the cellars of the buildings.
However, the plot was discovered
before he could carry out his plans.
He was seized and later put to death.
The human likenesses burned on the fires
came to be called guys.
The verb guy “to ridicule”
is derived from this story also.
The use of the word was extended
to similar figures and then
to a person of strange appearance or dress.
In the US,
the word came to mean simply “man”
and in time “a person of either sex.”
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary
usage:
The use of guys meaning “people”
in reference either to a mixed group
or to a group of women
has drawn criticism as sexist language,
even when used by women.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Guy
This word has several meanings
but is most often used colloquially
to refer to a man, boy, or individual generally.
Some experts regard this use of the word as slang;
it should be avoided in standard English.
“To guy someone” is a slangy way
to express the sense of teasing or joshing.”
