Girlie men is a pejorative term that was notably used by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 38th governor of California, to characterize opponents in the state legislature of California over the state budget. == History of the phrase == Schwarzenegger borrowed the term from a series of Saturday Night Live sketches in which Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon played bodybuilders named Hans and Franz, large men with Austrian accents.
Girlie men is a pejorative term that was notably used by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the 38th governor of California, to characterize opponents in the state legislature of California over the state budget. == History of the phrase == Schwarzenegger borrowed the term from a series of Saturday Night Live sketches in which Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon played bodybuilders named Hans and Franz, large men with Austrian accents.
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