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What are Glutes?
June 13, 2003
 

When June was away from her desk, I happened to pass by and the screen of her desktop attracted my eyes, which took a look at the following:

AOL Women Fitness title (aolfit2.jpg--285x126)

What the heck are glutes? I’ve been living in Canada for more than 20 years, yet seldom seen this word—if never saw one. Am I forgetful letely? Oh, no, I’m not that old yet.

Once the word sneaked into the back of my mind, I could hardly shake that out. Even after I returned to my desk, the word kept me in puzzle. So I went over to June’s desk again and sat down to take a quick look at the related pages to find out its meaning.

June must know the word since she is a pure Canadian and born linguist. She even learned Japanese at the language school. She can speak French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Japanese—her latest acquisition. If I had asked her, she would have told me the meaning right away. However, the word appeared so simple. She might say, “Oh, you don’t know this? Even a six-year-old can tell you about it.” She herself is 20 years my junior.

The old Japanese saying goes: “Ask even if you get ashamed; if not, that would be a shame for your life.” But I’m like her father figure. I just cannot ask her like a five-year-old.

By all means, I had to find it out before June returned to her work. To make a long story short, I eventually came up with the following screen:

AOL Women Fitness four butts 
page (4butts.jpg--422x220) Butt 1 Butt 2 Butt 3 Butt 4 Please click each butt!

Oh, yeesss! This is it! Glues must mean buttocks. The “butts” in that pan clealy suggests its meaning.

To make sure, I searched Google.com. When I came up with a Health & Fitness Glossary page, the word popped up. It turned out that the word had been used by some fitness buffs and bodybuilders.

  • gluteals—Abbreviation for gluteus maximus, medius and minimus; the hip extensor muscles; also called buttocks or glutes.

  • glutes—Slang for gluteals; see gluteals.

Since June is a fitness buff, she must know this word.
Well, you might ask, “Then she must have great glutes!”
Yes, of course!
Even during the working hours, she tend to look into the AOL fitness pages an angry icon (ungry.gif) 。。。 Besides, she used to be an aerobics trainer and burned out all the extra fat. Naturally, she remains in a great shape.

June the fit woman of the year (june4.gif--488x648)

The above picture was taken while she worked as trainer. Once she was chosen as the “Fit Woman of the Year” at her fitness club. This one was posted on the bulletin board at the club. So, even if I post this in my page, she wouldn’t sue me for infringement of her privacy, I hope.

What? You want to know who have such great glutes in the middle picture?
Well, somebody might sue me for copyright infringement. But since those pictures are bromide pictures of entertainers and basically for display, I should be able to show them here. Besides, this is not definitely for commersial use. To see the owner of the great glutes, please click each butt in the picture.

Each time you see the popup window, close it before you click another butt. Otherwise, the popup window would hide in the task bar at bottom. In case you cannot see a popup window, it is hidden in the task bar. Click the icon on the task bar, then the popup window will zoom up to its original size.




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Please tell me how to open popup windows like you do in the above.
    - Kilimanjaro in Akita

To open up a popup window, you have to know two things:
  1. MAP tag and USEMAP attribute
    Please click the following links, then you will know how to do that.

  2. How to open a popup window
    You can see a nice and short example when you click the following link: Popup window

    - Akira

Tell me other slang for buttocks.
    - Sasanqua in Chiba

Please click the following link, and you will see Glutes Part 2.
What are Glutes? (PART 2)
    - Akira
 
 
Copyright Akira Kato
About this author:
  • Educated both in Canada and Japan
  • Traveled extensively in Europe, Far East, and North America
  • Worked as management consultant, computer systems analyst, college instructor and freelance writer.
Akira Kato

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~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide


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