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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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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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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."
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
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)
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
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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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
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
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.