WE WUZ ROBBED Definition & Meaning

we wuz robbed

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Also, we was robbed or we were robbed . We were cheated out of a victory; we were tricked or outsmarted. For example, That ball was inside the lines—we wuz robbed! This expression, with its attempt to render nonstandard speech, has been attributed to fight manager Joe Jacobs (1896–1940), who uttered it on June 21, 1932, after his client, Max Schmeling, had clearly out-boxed Jack Sharkey, only to have the heavy-weight title awarded to Sharkey. It is still used, most often in a sports context.

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“I don’t buy the ‘we wuz robbed’ cry of Spurs faithful,” insists Mary Waltz.

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Surefire hot seller at the next Olympics: “We Wuz Robbed!”

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Accordingly, in 2010 the Winklevii went back to court under the age-old banner "we wuz robbed".

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Between the "We Wuz Robbed!" goal that wasn't, the blatant hand balls, or the acting jobs that are so over-the-top the Screen Actors Guild ought to demand dues, it's enough to make anyone wonder what the refs at the World Cup are watching.

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This is the city that was home to the man who popularized the phrase “We wuz robbed!” — the complaint of the boxing manager Joe Jacobs, after a 1932 decision in a New York title fight against his fighter, Max Schmeling.

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