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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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Dejaphew
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: day-zha-FEW
Sentence: Jim could blow the dust off his track suit and rub the mold off his Nikes, but he couldn't shake the odor of dejaphew.
Etymology: deja vu + phew
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - wordmeister, 2007-01-09: 19:00:00
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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)
Infermention
Created by: Javeson1
Pronunciation: in-fur-men-shun
Sentence: Infermention is present in many cases of resolution-gym-joiners because they smell terrible and have not worked out in two months.
Etymology: intervention + ferment (= gross)
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COMMENTS:
- erasmus, 2007-01-09: 11:07:00
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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."
Perspiraspiration
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: per-spur-ass-per-A-shun
Sentence: Though Bob's six-pack had atrophied into a keg, his perspiraspiration was quite strong.
Etymology: perspiration, aspiration
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
Sweatshocks
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: sweat-shocks
Sentence: Marvin had sweatshocks when he tried to return to the gym after several years and discovered that not only were his days as a chick magnet and male model over, but he smelled like old sneakers.
Etymology: wordplay on sweatsocks
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COMMENTS:
How sweat it is... - Nosila, 2009-08-13: 11:47:00
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Libinast
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: Li-bi-nast
Sentence: Hey man, I'm a libinast
Etymology:
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)
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.