The moment America-hating Freepers realize they are clueless girlymen about NFL football

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17. What is the insult though? Think about it.

Hans & Franz were a parody on Schwartzenegger and the body building culture in the 80-90's however, the phrase "girlymen" was their way (however much of a parody it was) to indicate that men who are not hyper masculine or who have "feminine" traits are abnormal.


Think of it this way. When you insult some guy by saying, "You hit/throw/run like a girl", what is the mechanism of the insult? What is the operational word that would/should make that man feel embarrassment?

When my kids do something unethical or selfish I tell them, "you are being a Trump". They say, "don't say that dad, I'm going to share" or whatever I called them out on. Why? Because being compared to Trump is an insult in my family.

When you say, "girlyman" the comparison of a man to a girl is supposed to be the insult. That is what the other respondents were pointing out.