Probably the most widely-attributed use of the latter was to Arnold 
Schwarzenegger about two years ago.   

Whether the term predated the Governator or he created it: I dunno.   And 
that's as far as I'll go rather than spilling my political guts any further.

Best,

Les

Les Marsden
Founding Music Director and Conductor, 
The Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
Music and Mariposa?  Ahhhhh, Paradise!!!
 
http://arts-mariposa.org/symphony.html
http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/lesbio.html 


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Howell 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:47 PM
  Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960)


  At 7:24 AM -0400 5/29/07, Phil Daley wrote:
  >
  >The sports nut wife called the other kids "sissys" and "girly men". 
  >I wonder where that term came from? ;-)

  Either Laugh-In or Saturday Night Live.  I forget which.  Although it 
  may have been a more limited slang term before its TV exposure.

  John


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