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generic you

noun

Definitions

  1. The pronoun you, used to refer to an unspecified person or to people in general.

    • The generic you can include more than just the direct addressee of the speech — it can even include those who are only over-hearing (or ‘over-reading’), suggesting that the reader could feel like they are also addressed by the pronoun.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for generic you. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA