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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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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
Pungentrain
Created by: IanArcher
Pronunciation: PUN'-jin-train
Sentence: So was pungentraining at the gym, and no one dared to come within 10 feet of me. It was awesome!
Etymology: from "pungent" and "train," and sounds eerily like "Pontchartrain."
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.
Meekreek
Created by: goldenspeechy
Pronunciation: mee-k-ree-k
Sentence: Having spent the entire Christmas break devouring turkey whilst locked in the house without deodorant, Charles knew that he would have to meekreek his flabby ass back to the gym asap.
Etymology: Meek - poor, weak muscles. Reek - stink. Eugh.
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)
Perspirastrong
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: purs per ay strong
Sentence: When Harry retured to the gym, he attacked the equipment with gusto. He figured if he worked out vigorously, he could shed weight twice as fast. The only thing Harry managed to do was sweat twice as much. In fact he was a perspirastrong...of perspihurculean proportions. Sadly, they just don't make deodorants that strong...
Etymology: Perspiration (salty fluid secreted by sweat glands) & Strong(having strength or power greater than average or expected)
Imgettingacoldfromallthissweat
Created by: timmy
Pronunciation: Im getting a cold from all this sweat
Sentence: Imgettingacoldfromallthissweat.
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.