Asklemmy

Friend

My darlings, tell me everything.

Peeps

"What's up dog turds?"

"How's it hanging, dingleberry?"

"Nice job, Captain Hazelwood!"

I do actually know someone who speaks like this.

cumsplats

What's poppin primates‽‽‽

I've started using "hello chums"

Whenever there's any question, I usually open with "sup, dogs" in my most serious voice, then continue to deadpan refer to everyone as dog, such as "and you, dog, I need to check the grist mill, thank you dog". Fifteen years in and no complaints so far.

Matey/mateys, scallywags

i find myself using "friend" a lot lately. dunno if that's a great replacement.

I tend to use "folks" for my usual gender-neutral collective pronoun.

I don't think "dude" is a real issue, is it? Here in Australia, I'll happily use mate for any gender, and I often hear other genders do the same.

Of course, we also tend to unnecessarily shorten (or lengthen) people's names here, and those always get used:

• Darren = Daz or Dazza
• Josh = Josho
• Dan = Danno or Danny-boy
• Adam = Ads
• [first name] Thompson = Tommo
• [first name] Johnson - Jonno

Even our Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, is Albo. You get the idea... ;)

Remember, non binary ppl exist too! (in reference of "both genders")

Later Cheesebags!

Earthling...Terran - I don't care how awkward it sounds. It's awkward for me to change might as well make it awkward for everyone.

Edit: just me being cranky... Normally I go out of my way to make people feel accepted.

I sound even more southern than I am because I say "y'all" frequently to avoid gendered pronouns. People, you, and we are often good. I think my favorite is "you folks".