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When can I use こいつ, あいつ, etc?

I’ve seen that they can mean he/she/this/that in various contexts but when is
it appropriate to use them versus 彼 or 彼女？
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grammar word-choice word-usage pronouns
Usage of こいつ, あいつ, etc
Roughly speaking, こいつ, そいつ, and あいつ mean "this/that guy", except they're
gender neutral. Essentially, they're colloquial, and slightly rude, variants
of この人, その人, and あの人, which mean "this/that person". 彼【かれ】 and 彼女【かのじょ】 are
equivalent to the English "he" and "she" respectively, but they're relatively
distancing words; they generally carry the connotation of "that man/woman over
there" or "this man/woman neither of us know well". In most conversations, if
it's clear from context who you're talking about, you can just drop the
pronouns completely, but if it's not clear but both of you know the person by
name, just use their name + さん/くん/ちゃん and you're good to go.

Hope that clears it up :>
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If I am not mistaken, one thing to add to Ranquil's answer is that 彼 and 彼女
can have the respective meaning of "boyfriend" and "girlfriend", something
never conveyed through the series こいつ, そいつ, and あいつ.
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