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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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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
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
Retrofunk
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: REH-trow-funk
Sentence: After only 2 minutes on the heavy bag, Bobby was redolent with that old magic retrofunk. Cool!
Etymology: Retro + funk
Gymicide
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: jiməsīd
Sentence: As Joyce approached the club she wondered why there was such a mass exodus. She soon found out that Ralph had returned after a year\\\'s absence. He had convinced himself that he no longer needed the prescription deodorant his doctor given him and that the best way to get his pauncheesy body back into shape was to enroll in the zazzercise class. In doing so he almost committed gymicide.
Etymology: gym (a gymnasium) + homicide (murder)
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
Superstinkious
Created by: Koekbroer
Pronunciation: soo-per-stink-ee-is
Sentence: Wow, that guy has more stench than strength. He is superstinkious!
Etymology: super + stink + supercilious
Resweat
Created by: UncleDig
Pronunciation: ree-swet
Sentence: damn - smell that?? that's my resweat.
Etymology: re - to repeat a prior action, + sweat
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.
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)
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
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.