you people

you people noun: any outsiders not belonging to a clique. Also the plural of you.

Noun

you people pl (plural only)

(derogatory, plural, plural-only) Any outsiders not belonging to a clique.
(plural, plural-only) Members of a particular group, collectively.
- That is the type of thing you people would say.
- There's a young white woman that I work with now, and she really hasn't worked with a lot of people of color, and she uses the term, 'you people,' and I bring it to her attention. And she's like 'oh, oh', […]2000, Joe R. Feagin, Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations, page 245

you people is also the plural of you.

He used the phrases like you people and your people when talking about who would suffer the most from economic problems and runaway crime.2001, Kenneth S. Bordens, Irwin A. Horowitz, Social Psychology, page 120:
That's what attracts you people, if you don't mind my saying so.2007, Cees Nooteboom, Susan Massotty, Lost Paradise: A Novel, page 51:
He said some cleaning compound was missing and he suspects you because you people are always stealing things.2007, Ed Griffin, Beyond the Vows, page 107:

What does you people mean?: You people means any outsiders not belonging to a clique.
How do you use you people in a sentence?: He used the phrases like you people and your people when talking about who would suffer the most from economic problems and runaway crime.
What part of speech is you people?: You people is a noun.

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