The Big Apple: “Cuts for the sluts” (weightlifting saying)

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

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Entry from July 14, 2016

“Cuts for the sluts” (weightlifting saying)

Entry in progress—B.P.

“Curls for the girls” is a similar saying that has been cited in print since at least 1981. Other weightlifting sayings include “benches for the wenches,” “bis for the guys,” “calves for the chavs,” “flies for the guys,” “glutes for the sloots,” “lats for the brats,” “no pecs, no sex,” “planks for the skanks,” “quads for the broads,” “rows for the hoes,” “squats for the hots,” “squats for the thots,” “squats for the twats,” “traps for the chaps” and “tris for the guys.”

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nessa salinas
‏@bigpimpinnessa
DAM IS IT SUMMER ALREADY GOTTA GET THE CUTS FOR THE SLUTS.....
6:22 PM - 23 Mar 2010

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DJ C-L0
‏@DJcL0
Cuts for the sluts RT @djAPhiliated: (Blushing) RT @imJESSblessed: @djAPhiliated I’m glad u dj w ur shirt on!! Hahaha! Nice!
4:55 PM - 16 Nov 2010

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J’Tasha
‏@JTasha_
waves for the babes, curls for the girls, lines for the dimes, dips for the hips, cuts for the sluts, braids for te… idk
3:36 PM - 31 Jul 2011

4chandata
Anonymous 2013-03-03 02:30:57 No.18148044
[Missing image file: cosripe.jpg]
ITT: we think of weightlifting related rhymes
Curls for the girls
Cuts for the sluts
give me your best fit!!
(pic unrelated but hilarious)

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Mark
‏@StruckByEvil
Curls for the girls
Hammies for the grammies
Cuts for the sluts
Glutes for the sloots
4:52 PM - 19 May 2016

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