You have lots of control over whether someone gets upset. Don&#x27;t call someone a racial or sexual slur and don&#x27;t misgender them, for example. If you know some use of language is or could be problematic, don&#x27;t use it. If you&#x27;re not aware what language that may be and accidentally offend someone, obviously you shouldn&#x27;t be held at fault, but you should then take it upon yourself to learn what the problem was so you don&#x27;t repeat it.<p>Because I personally know people who see &#x27;guy&#x27; as a gender-specific word - and because the dictionary says &quot;guy&quot; means &quot;a man&quot; - I know i&#x27;m not going to ever call a woman &quot;guy&quot;, because it may offend them. I think this is a pretty simple concept...