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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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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
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)
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
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:
Misconceperspiration
Created by: ravivalon
Pronunciation: mis-concept-per-spiration
Sentence: The warm good feeling of making the right choice by taking the “extreme body workout class” was fading quickly. Lara knew she can’t leave the room just 5 minutes after the class started. Obviously she had a misconceperspiration of what her body was capable of.
Etymology: misconception + perspiration.
Resweat
Created by: UncleDig
Pronunciation: ree-swet
Sentence: damn - smell that?? that's my resweat.
Etymology: re - to repeat a prior action, + sweat
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
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.