Date:    Fri, 13 Feb 1998 10:00:31 -0500
<br>From:    Larry Horn  laurence.horn[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: cut
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<br>At 8:27 AM -0500 2/13/98, frank abate wrote:
<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> in weight rooms and such.
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<br> Also re application: It refers to well-defined, highly toned muscles in any
<br> part of the body.
<br> ...
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<br>Note the potentially pernicious ambiguity (or at least confusion) if the
<br>term is used in the personals, where (UN)CUT is a technical designation for
<br>'(un)circumcised'.  Presumably the context will disambiguate, as usual.
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<br>Larry
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