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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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Flabberblast
Created by: egonschiela
Pronunciation: flab-er-blast
Sentence: Tyrone's mates were flabberblasted when he peeled off his t-shirt following his first post-Christmas workout.
Etymology: flab (soft body tissue) blast (violent gust) as in flabbergast (to overwhelm with shock)
Powerspire
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: pow-er-spyr
Sentence: Phew, I need to do something about the powerspiration odor. Hand me that Lysol and bleach.
Etymology: power - strong spiration - from perspiration
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.
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
Reodorize
Created by: natheist
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He was expecting the workout to energize his metabolism, but to reodorize was a complete surprise!
Etymology:
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
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)
Limburgerguidness
Created by: Stump
Pronunciation: Lim/berg/erg/wid/ness
Sentence: Tim's limbergerguidness after five minutes on the treadmill was a give away he wasn't keeping in shape.
Etymology: From that smelliest of cheeses - Limberger and languidness
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.