Date:    Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:27:35 -0500
<br>From:    frank abate  abatef[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]COMPUSERVE.COM 
<br>Subject: cut
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<br>Alan
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<br>RE cut:
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<br>I'd call this "phys ed slang".  This may explain its absence from dicts,
<br>even big ones.  Don't know its age, but probably fairly new.  Not at all
<br>restricted, that is, not AAVE of anything of the sort.  It is a term used=
<br>
<br>in weight rooms and such.
<br>
<br>Also re application: It refers to well-defined, highly toned muscles in a=
<br>ny
<br>part of the body.  The ref is to the "seams" between different bands of
<br>muscle when well-defined, as in "washboard abs".  But it can be used of l=
<br>eg
<br>muscles, back, etc.
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<br>This is off-the-top-of-the-head, but my info is via my wife, who has done=
<br>
<br>some power lifting.
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<br>Frank
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