I and a couple of my friends greet each other with a "hey, girl!", and mean it in a casual way. In any other context, referring to someone as a girl is making the statement they're behaving in an immature or childish way. Because of that, I have associated a negative use of girl unless I have created another situation such as the greeting as an exception.
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Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna
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