Girlie men

Pejorative slur This article is part ofa series aboutArnold Schwarzenegger Film career Accolades Filmography Terminator "Hasta la vista, baby" "I'll be back" See Arnold Run Bodybuilding and business career Chairman of the President's Councilon Physical Fitness and Sports Arnold Sports Festival Arnold Strongman Classic Planet Hollywood Mr. Olympia 38th Governor of California Elections 2003 2006 Governorship Opinion polling LGBT rights "Girlie men" California Hydrogen Highway vte 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. The two characters, for comic reasons, were characterized as cousins of Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger's usage The term was first used by Schwarzenegger, who was supporting then Vice President George H. W. Bush, in the 1988 presidential election. He attacked Bush's opponents: "They all look like a bun