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Girlie men is a pejorative term that was notably used by former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to characterize opponents in the state legislature of California over the state budget. [1]

33 relations: American Speech, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Shorten, Budget, California, Dana Carvey, Edwin Battistella, George H. W. Bush, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Get Medieval, Governor of California, Hans and Franz, Jack Kemp, James Ridgeway, John Kerry, Kevin Nealon, Kevin Rafferty, Legislature, Log Cabin Republicans, Mathias Cormann, Maureen Dowd, Pejorative, Republican Party (United States), San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday Night Live, Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, Sheila Kuehl, State Farm, The New York Times, United States Congress, United States presidential election, 1988, Vice president, 2004 Republican National Convention.

American Speech

American Speech is a quarterly academic journal of the American Dialect Society, established in 1925 and published by Duke University Press.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder and powerlifter.

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Bill Shorten

William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician serving as Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia, in his capacity as Leader of the Australian Labor Party, after being elected party leader at the 2013 Labor leadership ballot.

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Budget

A budget is a financial plan for a defined period of time, usually a year.It may also include planned sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities, costs and expenses, assets, liabilities and cash flows.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Dana Carvey

Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, who is most widely known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1986–1993) and for starring as Garth Algar in the Wayne's World films.

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Edwin Battistella

Edwin Battistella (born 1955) is an American linguist known for work on markedness, syntax, and language attitudes.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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German-speaking Community of Belgium

The German-speaking Community of Belgium (Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens, DG; Communauté germanophone de Belgique; Duitstalige Gemeenschap van België) or Eastern Belgium (Ostbelgien; Belgique de l'est; Oost-België) is one of the three federal communities of Belgium.

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Get Medieval

Get Medieval is an action game developed and published by Monolith Productions for the Windows in 1998.

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Governor of California

The Governor of California is the head of government of the U.S. state of California.

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Hans and Franz

Hans and Franz are characters in a recurring sketch called "Pumping Up with Hans & Franz" on the television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, played by Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon, respectively.

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Jack Kemp

Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician and a professional gridiron football player.

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James Ridgeway

James Ridgeway (born 1936) is an American investigative journalist.

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John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017.

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Kevin Nealon

Kevin Nealon (born November 18, 1953) is an American actor and comedian, best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1995, acting in several of the Happy Madison films, for playing Doug Wilson on the Showtime series Weeds, and providing the voice of the title character, Glenn Martin, on Glenn Martin, DDS.

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Kevin Rafferty

Kevin Rafferty is an American documentary film cinematographer, director, and producer, best known for his 1982 documentary The Atomic Cafe.

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Legislature

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.

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Log Cabin Republicans

The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) is an organization that works within the Republican Party to advocate equal rights for LGBT people in the United States.

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Mathias Cormann

Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann (born 20 September 1970) is an Australian politician who has served as a Liberal senator for Western Australia since 2007.

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Maureen Dowd

Maureen Brigid Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is an American columnist for The New York Times, and an author.

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Pejorative

A pejorative (also called a derogatory term, a slur, a term of abuse, or a term of disparagement) is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative connotation or a low opinion of someone or something, showing a lack of respect for someone or something.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.

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Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live television variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol.

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Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell

Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell is an Australian comedy news television program hosted by Shaun Micallef.

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Sheila Kuehl

Sheila James Kuehl (born February 9, 1941) is an American politician and former child actor, currently the member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District.

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State Farm

State Farm is a large group of insurance and financial services companies throughout the United States with corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States presidential election, 1988

The United States presidential election of 1988 was the 51st quadrennial United States presidential election.

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Vice president

A vice president (in British English: vice-president for governments and director for businesses) is an officer in government or business who is below a president (managing director) in rank.

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2004 Republican National Convention

The 2004 Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, took place from August 30 to September 2, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlie_men

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