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DEFINITION: v. To return to the gym after a long layoff to discover that your muscles may be weak, but that your sweat is still strong. n. A person whose sweat is stronger than their muscles.
Verboticisms
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Flabbercise
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: flab-ber-size
Sentence: Bill found that his early workouts after his long absence were flabbercise.
Etymology: flab + exercise
Reekout
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: reekaŹt
Sentence: He can't do many situps and not that many laps around the track but what Billy can do better than anybody else at the gym is sweat. His daily reekout can clear a room faster than a fire drill. After just a few minutes of huffing and puffing he looks like he jogged through the shower.
Etymology: reek (to smell strongly and unpleasantly) + workout (a structured regime of physical exercise)
Wuspire
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /wus-'pIr/
Sentence: Lee came back from his jog soaking wet, giving the impression that it'd been an intense workout, but given that he'd only gone to the mailbox and back, it was just wuspiration.
Etymology: From wuss + perspire
Glanduscularity
Created by: sirshade
Pronunciation: glan/dusk/u/lare/i/tee
Sentence: the glanduscularity for cubicle worker john, was fierce!
Etymology: a combination of gland (as in sweat glands) and muscularity
Stenchtraining
Created by: bondfool
Pronunciation: stench-tray-ning
Sentence: I did some stench-training today after lifting fifteen pounds! Per arm!
Etymology: A play on "strength training."
Pitpong
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: pit/pahng
Sentence: He was the pitpong champion of the gym, marginally stronger than Forrest Gump (whew!!)
Etymology: pit + ping pong
Scentillate
Created by: mugglesport
Pronunciation: sin-till-ate
Sentence: I haven't been to the gym in 2 months. I'm going to really scentillate after I work out today.
Etymology: From the words "scent" and "scintillate" which means to "sparkle, shine, or glisten"...because of sweat, perhaps.
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COMMENTS:
- mugglesport, 2007-01-09: 16:56:00
who were you at the other place again? - IanArcher, 2007-01-09: 17:04:00
Same name - mugglesport, 2007-01-09: 17:10:00
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Flabio
Created by: FionaMin
Pronunciation: flah-BEE-o
Sentence: Bob's girlfriend refused to hug him when he returned from his first trip back to the gym because of his flabio.
Etymology: Flabby + B.O.
Perspiramplification
Created by: ahwinters
Pronunciation: purse-per-ahmp-lih-fih-ca-shun
Sentence: His perspiramplification prevented him from going full out to get "ripped."
Etymology: Perspire + Amplification
Aromanator
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: uh-ROM-un-a-ter
Sentence: Upon his return to the gym and his old workout routine, Vince's workout partners quickly learned that the stench of body odor he was giving off made him a particularly repulsive and very unlikeable aromanator.
Etymology: Blend of the words 'aroma' and 'emanate' and is a play on the word 'terminator' from a movie with that title.
Comments:
Javeson1 - 2007-01-09: 00:37:00
Hey! No words up! I guess that means mine is first? (except it's not up either...)
Hey Javeson1, You word is first! And it is showing up now. It's also very good. The people in the New Years resolution crowd do have a special aroma about them -- especially after several months of Infermention. ~ James
allwise - 2007-01-10: 02:12:00
yeah, infermention was a good one.