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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.
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Calistenchics
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: kal/uh/stench/iks
Sentence: Calistenchic workouts are part of the regiment to get back into shape after a long lay off.
Etymology: calisthenics + stench
Reodorize
Created by: natheist
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He was expecting the workout to energize his metabolism, but to reodorize was a complete surprise!
Etymology:
Smellytubby
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation: smelleetubbee
Sentence: His expanding waistline and less than pleasing armpit aroma was all that was needed to confirm a severe case of smellytubby.
Etymology: smelly = lacking fragrance tubby = corpulent
Pourpore
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: paw-paw
Sentence: After ten minutes of exercise, Damian had pourpored so much that his clothes were soaked and stank. How come water could smell so bad?
Etymology: pour (to flow from) + pore (hole in the skin)
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
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
Resweat
Created by: UncleDig
Pronunciation: ree-swet
Sentence: damn - smell that?? that's my resweat.
Etymology: re - to repeat a prior action, + sweat
Reekphysique
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: reek fiz eek
Sentence: Rico went to the gym to seek, a more sleek physique. But it was bleak...he caused ladies to shriek and chaos did he wreak. His glands caused their eyes to leak and another gym seek. Poor Rico was not meek and his efforts gave him a reekphysique. He wanted to be chic and look like a Golden God Greek, so he went to the Plastic Surgery Boutique. They gave him a tweak and he is longer a freak. All the girls want a peek at his new physique. The motto he now can speak is No Sweat!
Etymology: Reek (a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant; to smell badly and offensively) & Physique (alternative names for the body of a human being;constitution of the human body)
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COMMENTS:
Sounds like a great name for a grunge/punk band - mrskellyscl, 2009-08-13: 10:05:00
Sounds like a great name for a grunge/punk band - mrskellyscl, 2009-08-13: 11:26:00
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Retrofunk
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: REH-trow-funk
Sentence: After only 2 minutes on the heavy bag, Bobby was redolent with that old magic retrofunk. Cool!
Etymology: Retro + funk
Stenchbench
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: stench/bench
Sentence: After a year long absence from bar bells and bench presses, Sam knew his sweat glands and precious pectorals needed a stenchbench workout.
Etymology: stench + bench
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.