Saturdays Are For The Boys

Saturdays Are For The Boys

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Updated May 15, 2017 at 04:55PM EDT by Adam.

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About

Saturdays Are For The Boys is a catchphrase associated with sports-humor blog Barstool Sports. After appearing online, it became a hashtag celebrating male fraternity.

Origin

On June 11th, 2016, Barstool writer Feitelberg (@FeitsBarstool) tweeted:[1]

"FRIDAYS ARE FOR THE MEN, SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE BOYS"
- some old guy just yelled that, it makes no sense, but I love it"

The tweet gained over 1,500 retweets and 4,600 likes (shown below).


Feitelberg + Follow ﹀ FeitsBarstool "FRIDAYS ARE FOR THE MEN, SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE BOYS" - some old guy just yelled that, it makes no sense, but I love it RETWEETS LIKES 1,555 4,663 1:10 AM -11 Jun 2016 わ51 1.6K 4.7K

Spread

Feitelberg's followers responded with GIFs and images embodying the phrase "Saturday Is For The Boys." On June 17th, he wrote a blog post about the phrase,[2] along with some of his favorite responses.


@FeitsBarstool #SaturdaysAreForTheBoys GIF #saturdaysarefortheboys @FeitsBarstool F LOS AN GIF @FeitsBarstool when you're a girl but still try to participate in #saturdaysarefortheboys GIF

Over the next few months, the hashtag took off, as men shared videos of their various acts of drunken debauchery with the hashtag on Instagram and Twitter. Major sports figures tweeted the hashtag as well, including Rob Gronkowski, Noah Syndegaard, and Michael Phelps. Barstool also began selling shirts with the phrase on it.[4] The spread of the hashtag was covered by The New York Post[3] in October of that year. In early 2017, Barstool writers filmed several athletes saying the phrase.[5]




Various Examples


Repost cuz last night did me dirty #saturdaysarerortheboys #SaturdaysAreForTheBoys wedding edition @stoolpresidente @barstoolsports @BarstoolBigCat @FeitsBarstool SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE BOYS Prom night #saturdaysarefortheboys #vivalastool SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE B'S @barstoolsports @stoolpresidente This kid knows what's up. #SaturdaysAreForTheBoys ENTALS Mass Maritime knows #saturdaysarefortheboys #vivalastool SATURDAYS ARE FOR THE BOYS Philly knows the deal #saturdaysarefortheboys #vivalastool SATURBAYS ARE FOR THE BOYS

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