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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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Atrostank
Created by: themeanreds
Pronunciation: a-tro-st-ank
Sentence: My, do I feel weak; were it not for my awe-inspiring astrostranking, I might not even know I worked out.
Etymology: Atrophy + Stankosity = Atrostank
Gymnastinks
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jimnastinks
Sentence: Harry returned his athletic club after a sizable hiatus. His gymnastinks made it clear that he would have all the room he needed.
Etymology: gymnastics (exercises developing or displaying physical agility and coordination) + stink (a strong unpleasant smell)
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
Exerspire
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ex - ur - spire
Sentence: Lonnie went to the gym to exerspire. The only obvious change in his flabby physique was the odorous sweat that poured off his body.
Etymology: exercise, perspire
Ouchdorphins
Created by: evhershey
Pronunciation: ouch-dor-fins
Sentence: After the holidays I had a workout that flooded my system ouchdorphines
Etymology: ouch + (en)dorphines
Exerstinktion
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: ex-a-stink-shun
Sentence: Garry realised why he'd stopped exercising all those years ago when he went back to the gym. He felt exerstinked, feeling exhausted and smelling like someone had died.
Etymology: exertion + stink + extinct
Stenchpress
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: stench-press
Sentence: After work he decided to stenchpress for at least half an hour
Etymology: stench, benchpress
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COMMENTS:
Good one! - purpleartichokes, 2007-01-09: 06:57:00
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Abnauseous
Created by: sir67
Pronunciation: ab naw shush
Sentence: Ten minutes on the treadmill and Bob becomes the most abnauseous person I know.
Etymology: ab - abdomen / nauseous - revolting / based on obnoxious
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.