Abstract
The current article examines the linguistic gender-based variations between male and female speakers in Bani Buhair Dialect (BBD), a dialect spoken in the southwestern region of Saudi Arabia. It records, transcribes and investigates two natural conversations of two groups (two females and three males), each of which is one-hour-long. It explores the uses and frequencies of hedges, boosters, profanity, humor, interruptions and questions (common distinctive factors in language and gender studies). The results show that female participants use more hedges than male participants who use more boosters in comparison. As for humor and profanity, it has been observed that males produce more offensive words and show more sense of humor than females. With respect to interruptions and questions, the article shows that male participants interrupt and raise more questions during their conversation than their female counterparts.